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Employee was riding on the passenger side of a rubber tired man trip, when they rode over a 2" discharge line causing the end to flip up and strike him in the face. It caused a laceration to his lip.
Employee was moving the S/C down the belt out of the way of the bolter when he hit a bump in the bottom causing him to strike his head on the canopy.
Employee states that while operating a 785b, he was backing under the loader when the 992d bucket struck his cab protector. He states that this occurred several more times during this shift. Employee continued to work until 12/04/2013 when he began to miss. He is complaining of low back pain.
Employee states that while operating the section scoop the chain holding down rock duster broke and a link from the chain struck him in the right eye. The safety glasses that he was wearing prevented the link from directly striking him in the eye, but the safety glasses caused a laceration to the eye brow area.
Employee states that while operating the center car, he hit a hole in the road and it jarred him. He felt a pain in his lower back.
EE states that as he was tramming a rail ride through the air lock doors, one of them started closing on him. The rail ride caught one of the doors causing a cinder block to be displaced and fall. The block struck his hand causing an laceration.
Employee was scooping roadway in wall # 10. When scooping outby corner, the corner broke off and came into scoop deck and smashed/cut employee's left thumb.
Employee was assisting shuttle car operator move his anchor. Employee started the S/C. The anchor and cable took. The end of the anchor turned striking injured in the left hand and left ring finger.
Employee was hooking chain up to tool car and scoop to pull tool car closed to section. He told the scoop operator to lower the scoop bucket. The operator dropped the bucket and injured screamed that the bucket was on his foot.
Employee was tramming his shuttle car to the feeder where he trammed thru bad bottom and a hole in #7 right x cut too fast and it bounced him, hurting his lower back.
Employee was helping recover track rails when one of the track rails slipped in the scoop bucket and caused the other end of the rail to hit him in the right ankle.
Employee was helping to load high voltage cable into a sled. His foot slipped on a rock, causing his foot to slide under the sled. The sled was being pulled by a 35C Fairchild scoop.
Opening a set of airlock doors when manbus was going thru them. Victim tried to get in the manbus while manbus was in motion resulting in being pinched between the door and manbus.
EE was operating the Mac 8 personal carrier when he ran over something, causing the steering wheel to spin out of his hand, hitting him on the left hand/wrist.
Employee was helping raise belt line with scoop when he got his hand between scoop bucket and rail of belt structure causing broken finger.
Employee was riding in brake car and his leg slipped out striking ground or object. EE came back to work on light duty for last 10 days, but EE called on 1/25/07 and said he was having complications with his foot Dr instructed him not to come back to work until further notice.
Changing chain on feeder. Pinched finger tip between chain and cog. Right hand middle finger.
EE was attempting to roll rock out of track when it rolled back the wrong way pinning his leg betwene motor and rock, He started having trouble with his knee and went to dr and dr profomed microsopic surgery on his knee 4/9/07 causing him to be off work accident occured 100' outby spad #572 2nd northwest mains.
SHUTTLE CAR LOST POWER WHILE ON FEEDER AT SECTION DUMPING POINT WHILE OPERATOR WAS USING MANUAL PUMP OFF BRAKE AND SCOOP WAS PULLING ON CAR. HE WALKED ALONG SIDE OF CAR AND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN RIB AND SHUTTLE CAR
EE WAS TRAVELING ACROSS HAUL ROAD ENROUTE TO MINE SITE. EE LOST CONTROL OF HIS VEHICLE IN A CURVE ON SLICK ROAD AND HIT A COAL TRUCK TRAVELING IN OPPOSITE DIRECTION. (PRE-SHIFT ACCIDENT; EE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL TREATMENT - INJURED HIS LEFT KNEE.)
SHUTTLE CAR WAS TRAMMING AWAY FROM MINER TOWARD FEEDER, S.C. OPERATOR WAS MAKING A LEFT TURN, RAN INTO CORNER OF RIB, CAUSING OPERATOR TO LUNGE FORWARD STRIKING RIGHT SHOULDER AGAINST CANOPY P OST.