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INJURED STATED HE HAD GOT OFF STANDARD SHUTTLE CAR AND WAS STARTING TO GET BACK INTO OPERATOR DECK AREA WHEN HISFEET FLIPPED ON WET AND MUDDY MINE BOTTOM CAUSING HIM TO FALLAND HIT ON HIS REAR AND THEN BACKWARDS, RESULTING IN ALLEGED INJURYTO LOWER BACK AND NECK.
INJURED WAS IN LIGHT HOUSE AND HAD STARTED OUT DOOR, AFTER PUTTING CAP LIGHT UP AT END OF REGULAR SHIFT. HE STATED THAT HE STEPPED ACROSS PIECE OF METAL IN DOORWAY AND ALLEGEDLY TWISTED HIS LE FT KNEE.
WHILE PULLING CABLE BACK CONDITIUOUS MINER CABLE IN CLOSE INJURED LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL BACKWARD LANDING ON HIS REAR CAUSING INJURY TO LOWER BACK.
WHILE MAKING SPLICE IN CONTINUOUS MINER CABLE INJURED LOST H IS BALANCE & FELL ON KNIFE HE WAS USING CAUSING LACERATION APPROX. 1 INCH IN LENGTH TO MIDDLE AREA OF UPPER THIGH OF LEFT LEG LAC ERATION REQUIRED 3 SUTURES