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Employee was operating golf cart traveling from 4 to 5 crosscut into #5 entry. Left front tire contacted a block lying along the rib causing the wheel to rotate suddenly and ball on wheel contacted employee's right hand. Employee was put on restricted duty.
Employee was watching cables as MBC was tramming outby dragging a bridge that was to be re-attached to the haulage system. Employee unknowingly placed self in a red zone and became pinched between the coal rib and the bridge resulting in a fractured hip and pelvis.
EMPLOYEE STATES THAT ON 8/5/2021 THEY BEGAN HAVING ACHING IN THE LOWER BACK FROM WORKING IN THE LOW COAL SEAM . EE DESCRIBED THIS AS "NORMAL" FOR THEM. OVER THE NEXT FEW SHIFTS THE PAIN BECAME WORSE UNTIL THE EE SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION ON 8/8/2021. EE WAS TREATED FOR A PULLED MUSCLE ON 8/9/2021.
Employee was operating the front MBC on the cat haulage system by remote control. EE was setting the unit up for a shuttle car cut when they noticed they pulled the unit too far so when they went to back the unit up they swung it towards themselves that's when the unit contacted them, pinching them between the unit and the coal rib.
Employee was driving the stinger out and a mantrip was coming in the mine when the mantrip caught a cable and pulled it down striking the employee on the head. Employee received a laceration above EE's left eye EE received 4 stitches to close the laceration.
On 11/06/14 Employee was hauling supplies in the mine with a scoop. While traveling, the scoop hit a bump that jolted the employee. The employee continued working until 11/21/14 when he started having additional pain in his neck/back and sought medical care.
Scoop was pulling miner cable slack. While pulling the cable, it started to get close to the scoop tires, the miner operator tried to pull it back away from the tires when part of his hand was ran over, dislocating his little finger.
Victim and scoop operator were moving a bucket liner of bolter supplies. Bucket liner started to come out of bucket, so victim flagged scoop operator and got in bucket liner to hook up a chain. The scoop operator started to travel inby and as he went over a roll in the bottom, the scoop bucket raised up and crushed the victim against the mine roof.