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Injured finger while attaching duster to personnel carrier.
During operation the bolter slid sideways and came to rest on top of employee's foot.
A rock fall striking EE on right leg while EE was operating continuous miner.
EE was helping load structure and dropped one end of the structure and it landed on right hand striking right thumb.
Employee was pulling miner cable when a rock fell on left ankle. Took to Pikeville Medical Center for evaluation of injured ankle, x-ray showed no major injury, nothing broken. Employee received 3 days off - paid by employer - Saturday, Monday, & Tuesday.
Employee was lifting on belt putting structure in.
EE was not feeling well before going underground. He rode in on his 4-wheeler, went to the feeder told the shuttle car operator he was not feeling well so he was going to leave to go home, but he would stop and check his drive on the way out. Said he didn't do anything to hurt himself but hurt worse as he rode.
EE was operating a ram car. He was turning a corner with his arm outside the operators deck. He turned the corner and the trailer caught his right arm between a pinch point of the ram car.
Employee said he hit the rib with the 21SC and he hit his head on the canopy.
Lid covering pick breaker chain on feeder was raised up and braced so work could be done, when brace slipped letting lid fall suddenly hitting EE on finger of left hand.
EE was in process of tramming double head roof bolter into the #4 heading. After arrival in heading a rock measuring 1x1x3/4 fell from mine roof, striking ee on left hand, resulting in hairline fracture of left thumb.
EE said he was walking away from his 21SC. He then stopped on the corner, put his hand on the rib and rock rolled off the rib striking him on his right side. Witnesses from 3rd shift state that they pulled this rib prior to the beginning of the shift.
Employee lifted a case of bottled water - lower back pain.
Was loading clean up car and rock fell on miner.
Rib rolled off striking employee across right shoulder and back.
Substation on surface caught fire could not be extinguished. Internal comments of the substation were destroyed by fire.
EE said before shift started he was hurting in groin area and stomach while operating the 21sc shuttle car when he hit a hole in the roadway that made him hurt worse.
THERE WAS A ROCK IN THE FEEDER. EE WAS GOING TO GET THE ROCK OUT. SUPERVISOR WAS GOING TO MOVE SCOOP OUT OF THE WAY AND THERE WAS A MISCOMMUNICATION. EE GOT IN THE FEEDER WHILE SUPERVISOR WAS MOVING SCOOP AND THE SCOOP GOT HIS ANKLE.
EE had a 930 cat loader brake head in his vehicle when he went to get the brake head out of the vehicle he pulled a muscle in his lower back.
INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO GET A PIECE OF ROCK OFF MINER WITH A SLATE BAR WHILE TRYING TO GET THE ROCK OFF MINER HE FELT OR HEARD SOMETHING TEAR IN HIS LOWER BACK.