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Employee was attempting to use an overhead crane to straighten a piece of metal on the bed of an overburden truck. When tension was applied to the crane hook it moved and pinched the employees thumb resulting in an injury.
Employee received a back strain while riding in a shift change bus.
A coal truck operator was waiting to get loaded by a loader. The loader dumped its first bucket into the truck bed which caused the truck operator to get bounced in the seat. Employee was taken in for physician evaluation.
Emp operating a 992 front-end loader was struck from behind by mud chunks which flew out of a sump. A 8750 dragline was filling in the sump located 450 feet away. A chunk flew thru the back window of the loader hit the head rest deflecting the chunk towards the emp's right shoulder/back area. The chunk then flew out the front window. The employee was transported to a hospital.
An employee was operating a scraper when he hit a frozen chunk of dirt and hit his head on the radio bracket above him causing an incision that needed stitches.
The operator of a 657E scraper experienced neck pain while push pulling with another scraper. The mine was informed by Workers Compensation on 10/28/2010 that employee was receiving chiropractic care.
Employee was working underneath a pickup when the transmission shifted rolling into the right shoulder and neck area pinning the employee.
Tipped over scraper.