Employee was using a shovel to clean in the reclaim tunnels. The shovel handle got caught in the conveyor, pulling both hands into roller between belt. The employee had surgery for fractures in both thumbs. Also a fracture in right wrist.
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Showing all 4Ee getting loaded at shovel 352 when the bucket of 352 was dropped into the bed of the truck 303. This moved the employee upward and side to side within the cab. She was seen at the ER, diagnosed with a cervical and thoracic strain and placed on restricted duty which the site could not accommodate. Lost time as of 04/19/11.
While working on a scissor deck, employee was working in articulation and the machine articulated to the left pinching employee between cab and deck. Was taken to NNRH where it was found he had fractured ribs and a punctured lung.
Employee was driving haul truck down the west main drift when truck stopped suddenly and jarred employee's back. Was released to full duty 02/10/10 and then was given a restricted duty on 02/13/10. Follow up MRI was completed on 02/25/10 and it was found he had ruptured disc. Employee's injury will become a lost time.