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Employee went into con x 2 to get a box of belt splices. After picking up the box, they turned around to exit the con x and felt pain in left knee. Employee went for medical treatment.
EE was helping to move a trailer car loaded with timbers. The EE was located behind the trailer. As the scoop was pushing the car backwards, the car suddenly moved towards the inby rib. This movement caught the employee's right foot between the car and the mine floor injuring EE's right foot.
Employee doing regular activity while shoveling belt and felt pain in lower back.
EE was bringing the steel out of the hole. EE reached to grab the steel to keep from falling on ground & instead of hitting the lever to run the steel on out EE accidentally hit the rotation and a burr on the steel caught EE's glove and wrapped EE's arm up in steel.
Injured Person stated while changing out a bottom roller IP hung one side and went to pull up to hook other side and the side IP first hooked came off causing the bottom roller to strike IP in right side. There was no witness and IP didn't tell nobody till next day.
Electrician /Mechanic kneel down and turned around and felt his knee hurting. EE had prior surgery on his knee before employment at mine. EE said that he had forgotten to wear his knee brace. The EE said he would RTW the next day. He did not go to hospital after leaving mine property.
Miner helper went to pick up miner cable to move out of haul way, hurting his back.
Electrician/mechanic was change a tire on std shuttle car, when he went to put wedge under tire, the tire fell off the shuttle car hub and landing on Electricians ankle. Electrician continued working on wheel until he completed job then leaving to outside to go home.
Hanging cable - sprained shoulder muscle.