While repairing utilities to pipe hung from the back the forklift, with a manbasket attached, ran over a rock near the rib. The miner grabed the back rail of the manbasket and it pinched his three fingers between the manbasket and forklift guard.
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Showing all 5Informed on 3/9/2013 that miner did not come back to work after his days off stating he hurt his back and hips the previous work days. While driving LHD miner ran over a rock and it jarred him causing pain in his back and hips.
while towing a broken down vehicle out of underground miner hit the rib while in the drivers seat with seatbelt on. Reported 1/9/13 to safety that the lower right stomach/groin area was tender.
Miners were delivering supplies to a rehab area, on second trip miner stopped, applied brake, turned off RTV, started to exit RTV when it started rolling backwards down decline. RTV ran up rib and rolled on it's side. One of three miners in buggy received bruises on right arm, pre-op done.
The accident involved a Wagner ST 3.5 mucker on the surface area near the North portal. The operator was backing the mucker after dumping muck. He struck a rock with the tire of the mucker. The operator struck the ROPS with his hard hat. The accident did not impair the mining operation.