End loader was pulling up Highwall Miner cable slack. The cable got tight and started sliding toward Employee. EE tried to jump out of the way but caught EE's left ankle knocking EE to the ground
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Showing all 3The injured person was traveling down the haul road belonging to River Ridge P-1, 15-19895, to go home when the brakes failed and they jumped out of the vehicle causing injury to their right shoulder and laceration to their head.
While pulling conveyor cars out of the hole the employee was unhooking the electrical receptacle that powers the cars. As EE was working to unhook the receptacle EE placed left foot on the bottom rail of the car in the pusher assemblies path. As a result EE's left foot was caught by the moving pusher and pulled EE down on the launch base frame.