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While moving miner cable, felt pain in back.
While cleaning loose rock from around a cable spooling reel chain. EE pulled cable catching 2nd EE's finger on the chain sprocket.
While repairing a miner waterline rib rolled onto employee. Broken left lower leg & spinal cord injury.
While inch tramming RB on next row of bolts rock fell striking him in back of Rt leg.
EE was setting first belt in #6 Right when a piece of draw rock fell hitting him on his left shoulder.
While tightening bolts with hammer and wrench, hammer ricocheted off fender striking finger.
Employee was positioning waterline to haul UG. A joint had unknowingly got into a bind & when he moved it, it sprang back & hit him in head creating a cut that required stitches.
One employee was throwing cinder blocks through a mandoor to the victim. Through a lack of communication, victim started to pick up a block as another one was being thrown resulting in a pinched finger. Right ring finger required stitches and bandaging.