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Employee was crossing the belt line and when he stepped on the belt rail his foot slipped and he fell to the mine floor injuring his back.
Employee was working on 53 screen changing out head board rubber. As he went to step up on the screen his foot slipped and he fell to the floor hitting his head and right elbow on a piece of pipe. Employee received 4 stitches to the head and 3 on the right elbow.
Employee was walking down the slope belt and slipped on some ice as he went to fall he tried to catch himself and stained his right shoulder. Employee started missing work on 7-9-15 to have shoulder surgery.
Employee was carrying a V-Plow to install on 4D tail piece and he stepped into a hole causing him to twist his left knee. Employee work up to November 20, 2014 and started missing work. (The mine was down for the week of Thanksgiving for vacation.)
Employee was moving miner cable over out of the road way and stepped in a hole and twisted right knee. (Employee started missing work on 1-9-2015 to have arthroscopy on the right knee.)
Employee was making a belt splice. He was down on one knee and went to twisted and sprain his left knee. (He started to miss work on 4/2014 to have arthroscopy on the left knee.)
Employee was hanging a curtain in #9 entry when ladder he was climbing on collapsed causing him to fall to the ground hurting his back. "Bruised only" NOTE: Suspected fraud, under investigation. No lost time, worked 17 shifts before claiming he was hurting. On 11/4/2013, his wife called supervisor stating that EE fell at home over the weekend and would be off work a couple of days.
Employee was hanging a curtain, tripped on the curtain and fell causing pain in his left knee. Employee continued to work until May 30th, 2013 at which time he began missing work and was scheduled for arthroscopic surgery on Monday, June 3, 2013
Roof bolter was getting ready to tram out, waiting on the fly pad to be moved, ee was rolling up the fly pad when the bolter operator sat down and bumped the reel control, causing the cable to jerk, flipping ee onto his head and rt shoulder.
Employee was handing a block to his buddy and tripped and fell with the block in his hand and cut his finger it took 2 stitches.
EE injured his right knee when stepping off a supply car. The EE began missing work 12/27/11 after electing to have his right knee repaired.
On 3/1/11 EE was walk across the section and tripped and fell causing him to dislocate his shoulder. EE continued to work until 9/13/11 when he elected to have surgery on his shoulder.
While hanging a line curtain, he slipped to fall and cut his thumb on a roof pan.
EE was unloading 5 gallon oil cans off a flat car. He stumbled and fell to the ground, hurting himself in the groin area. He started to miss work on 10/8/10.
EE was walking around the edge of the feeder and slipped and fall and he went to catch himself with his left hand and arm. He strained his left shoulder. He had surgery on his left shoulder on 7/15/10 and he started missing work on the date.
Employee was walking through an open crosscut and stumbled and fell. He tried to catch himself by extending his arm and felt pain in his right arm and shoulder. The employee began missing work on December 27, 2010 after electing to have surgery on his shoulder.
EE was stepping down from a endloader onto the ground and his right foot turned sideway and he sprain his ankle. EE when to the doctors about two weeks later and had a simple fracture to the foot. (This was over look and not turn in until now).
The EE was going up a set of steps and the tread broke cause him to fell backward and landing on the floor.
EE stated he was changing screens in shaker, got finished & put left leg over front of shaker. He got boot caught on bolt causing other foot to slip, resulting in him hanging by boot on left foot fot 2-3 seconds until he got boot loosened.
Washing down sump with a water hose while standing on a platform. Slipped and fell approx 18" striking back on a crib block and handrail.
While cleaning the 3A belt head employee tripped over a turnbuckle and fell on a steel beam on his right hand (13 stitches to his index finger)
While carrying a belt roller to the belt line, employee stumbled on rock and fell down. Roller came down on his right hand. (6 stitches to middle finger and 4 stitches and fracture to the ring finger.
While employee was going to start the feeder he tripped over a rock and fell hitting his left knee against the feeder. (He did not start missing work until 5/7/2009).
EE was on top of beam, pipe fitting, stepped off of beam onto round tube with wire mesh on tube. Wire mesh caught on boot, when he tried to step off, it caused him to fall and wire mesh stuck into left leg.
Employee while reaching screen up to change out on #3 screen on 115 pre-wet floor, slipped and fell backward injuring his neck. Although this accident happened on 4/26, employee never started missing work until 5/19/06.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING ONE END OF H BEAM. HIS FOOTING SLIPPED WHICH PULLED HIM TO THE GROUND. LOW BACK BEGAN TO HURT.
Employee was getting out of scoop when his light cord got caught on canopy post. The EE fell out of the scoop on his back. EE worked until 12/01/05, then started missing work.
Employee was walking up belt line packing a shovel and dinner bucket and was stepping across rib roll when he slipped and fell and hit wrist on slate rock.