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The employee was attempting to remove a crane from a mechanics truck when the two chains he was using one of them came off. This allowed the base of the crane to fall to the floor. The employee was then struck in the leg by the crane and received a compound fracture to the right leg.
The employee was using a 20 pound sledge hammer to hit the pins on a beam for a highwall miner. He raised the hammer over his head and came down with the hammer, when he felt something pull in his back. He worked the rest of the shift and went home and had to go the ER becuase he said he was in pain.
Employee was unstopping oversized rock chute. A big rock was lodge in chute, it dislodged, fell down the chute, bounced and struck employee in leg. Employee received medical treatment and lost 5 days.
The employee had a come-along hooked to the nose cone of the dozer then was releasing the come-along and there was more slack came in the come-along than expected. The employee tried to get out of the way and to stop the nose cone but was unable. The nose cone rested against his leg and the blade. It had his leg until they jacked the nose cone back off.