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Employee was setting timbers in the #2 entry and was picking up a timber and felt a pull in groin area worked for anther hour and said it was burning employee was took outside and went to the ER.
Employee was operating miner on 004 section EE was cutting coal in the 7R crosscut EE was cutting the first sump in on the left side loading a shuttle car when a piece of bottom rock 24"x30" flipped out from under the ripper head and struck EE in the lower right leg.
Employee was plastering a return stopping when the ladder employee was standing on fell over. Employee fell to the ground trying to catch themselves by putting out right hand. Employee hit the ground injuring right shoulder and right hip.
Employee was exiting s mechanic truck to get on the ground and slipped and fell landing on their left side.
Employee was using a 1/2" ratchet to take out 5/8 bolts on continuous miner ratchet slipped causing EE to fall. Was complaining of lower back hurting. Employee has worked up till 3/24/2020 and EE's back started hurting again.
Employee was starting to drill a new hole when the steel hit them on the back of hand.
While putting wheel unit on left rear of a 777F truck had the wheel group hanging in the air from a crane- employee was using a bar to line the brake disc up when the bar slipped coming back and hitting EE on the left check causing a laceration
Employee was building a stopping felt pain in lower back and left leg.
Employee was plastering a stopping and splattered plaster in their right eye.
Employee was at the end of catwalk coming off of raw coal silo concrete pad when foot slipped off edge of concrete pad twisting left knee
Employee was loading tool box from tool cabinet to the mantrip. Picked up tool box from cabinet and turned around to load on mantrip and felt a sharp pain and burning in lower back.
Employee was exiting the loader and twisted left foot when stepping off of loader.
Employee was closing car doors on train cars using a pry bar when the pry bar slipped causing them to fall
Employee was hanging miner cable on 002 section and pulled muscle in right shoulder.
Employee was cleaning and shoveling spillage on top of #1 and #2 raw coal silos while shoveling EE got a sharp pain in EE's lower left back. Injured employee work up till 3/27/2019.
Employee was operating a 488 scoop on 003 section hit a hole in the road and jarred lower back.
Removing sack stand that was wrapped in chains from hand truck the load shifted and thumb got caught between chain & stand.
Employee was moving a miner cable out of the roadway while ee was pulling something pulled in right arm.
Employee was filling the continuous miner up with oil and when ee was opening up another can hand slipped cutting left index finger. The metal can had a rigid place where ee cut with a knife.
Employee was changing rollers on the slope belt went to pull old roller out from under the belt and hurt back.
Employee was working on 003 section opening a box of rags with a utility knife and cut left thumb. EE received 11 stiches in the thumb.
Employee was chopping coalburg rider in the left cast pit when they experienced a sudden sharp pain in the lower back extending down the left leg.
Employee was pulling a curtain across the section to hang and tripped on curtain fell on left hand and sprang thumb
Employee was completing security roving patrols in vehicle and blacked out causing the vehicle to wreck into out of commission scoop on haul road. Vehicle will be totalled due to excessive damage on passenger side including doors, fenders and bed of truck ripped and torn off.
Employee reached down to grab a hold of a curtain & started pulling it towards the face & felt a pain in stomach. The employee had helped hang a miner cable before moving the curtain. Mine wasn't notified till 10/9/2018
injured employee was stacking (6x6x36) crib blocks for section tail piece and mashed EE's left pinky finger had to have 6 stitches put in EE's pinky finger.
The injured employee was operating a Johnson 4wheeler when EE stopped to get off. EE stepped on lip and twisted the right knee. The injured employee didn't start missing work till 10/2/2018.
Injured employee pulled a muscle in lower back while lifting a I-beam to set head drive on. Employee didn't start missing work till 7/13/2018.
While making a belt move the injured employee stepped across the low-low and right knee gave out. The belt drive was locked and tagged out at the time of the accident.
The EE was lifting on a belt rail on the 001 section #4 belt to install belt structure and pulled a muscle in lower back. The accident was reported on the 4/20/2018.The EE started missing on the 4/23/2018.
The injured employee was cleaning up some metal and got EE's left index finger caught in between to pieces metal and received stitches.
Was using a hammer and it slipped and hit the employee over the right eye
Employee was making a cable splice and cut right leg
Hanging mud flaps on the right rear of a 777H cat rock truck. Slipped off a ladder jammed the heel of right foot in the ground felt a sharp pain go down the back of leg behind the right knee.
Contractor was fueling and checking oil in the equipment and was stepping off the dozer when employee twisted employee's left knee
Attempting to remove hoist cylinder. Lifting strap broke. Boom hook came back and hit employee in the head above the left eye.
Employee was crossing a shuttle car cable when the cable jerked up causing the employee to fall on right arm and head.
EE was working on a 992 loader pushing a bearing in a lift jack and dropped a 40 ton ram jack approx 3 feet on left foot.
EE carried two five gallon cans of hydraulic oil from power box to the shuttle car. When EE sat them down, EE felt pain in lower right side back and heard popping noise.
Picking up a can of hydraulic oil and injured lower part of back
Employee was hauling coal on Minway #1 Surface, employee was coming into a curve and the tractor turned over.
Victim was injured while ee was falling a tree