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Employee was helping move roof bolter when the operator started the roof bolter EE turned on the cable reel it caught the employee's feet causing EE to fall down. As EE was falling, EE tried to catch self with EE's right arm causing pain in EE's right arm and shoulder.
The injured employee was on a small ladder working on the highwall miner hose reel. The base of the ladder kicked out and the employee fell injuring right shoulder.
The employee was walking down three (3) steps to the concrete basement floor. As the employee was stepping from the last of the 3 steps to the basement, EE caught heel on the last step or the left foot slipped and EE tried to catch self to keep from falling which resulted in an injury to the left ankle.
Employee was raising the boom on the belt-head drive. EE was twisting screw jack on the belt drive when EE slipped and fell twisting EE's right knee. The accident occurred on 8/22/17. The EE returned to regular duties after the accident and continued to work until EE's shift on 8/25/17 - 8/26/17.
The employee was walking beside the Rail Road cars at the load out facility checking the doors on the cars. The employee stepped onto a rock and the rock rolled over and the employee fell into a small ditch. The employee continued to work and did not receive any medical treatment until 7/19/2017.
Contractor EE & co-worker were on the surface working on a rock dusting machine. After the repairs were completed, the IE was standing in front of the machine when the operator started the machine for testing. The IE started to step back & lost balance. IE reached out to grab something & got finger into an unguarded location resulting in cut to tip of finger.
The injured employee was riding the Mac 8 Mantrip to the end of the track. As the employee started to get off the Mantrip, employee pulled a muscle in the back of employee's left leg.
Employee was stepping out of the man basket to get extension cord twisting his knee. "Left Knee"
Injured jumped down approximately 3' to ground twisting his right knee.
Victim was walking to get on Damascus buggy to come outside, he pulled a muscle in his right hip.
Tripped and fell into machine. A strap on the machine was hanging off the side, which cut his ear.
Employee was getting down from drill when he slipped on step falling to the ground. Employee hit on right leg and pulled muscle in lower right side of back.