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Removing tire from grader and twisted his left knee when he turned around.
Employee was setting in the yard truck on the passenger side when he turned right to get out of the truck. A sharp pain went down his left side of his lower back.
Employee was packing a new crusher bearing with grease. When he turn the bearing over he felt a burning sensation in his left hand. It pulled muscle in-between his pointer finger and middle finger on his left hand.
Employee was helping replace segment on an excavator when they set the excavator back down a piece of metal sheared off the segment and struck him in the right leg. He received 5 stitches.
Employee was getting off of a bobcat when his foot slipped and got caught between the arm and forks of the bobcat and twisted his foot. Employee worked until 8/5/14, went off work on 8/6/14.
Employee was in the process of moving a brake rotor chamber with the shops overhead crane. When the safety chain slipped off rotor chamber and him above his right eye. He received 7 stitches. Came back to work same day.
Employee was climbing off of a dozer when he had a dizzy spell and fell off dozer tracks. Striking his left wrist against the dozer arm. Spraining his wrist.
Employee was in the basement of the plant on a ladder. Installing conduit when he lost footing and started to fall and caught himself with his left arm hurting his left shoulder. Employee worked until 10-9-13 then went off work.
Employee was working on a John Deere grader. Employee had to get off the grader to get another tool. When he did he twisted his right knee. Employee worked until 5-21-13 then went off work.
Employee was cutting a case of drinking water into the plant control room when he tripped on a step going into control room and fell onto the floor twisted his back.
Employee was changing a spring on screen #1 using a chain. Fall when the beam clamp on the chain fall pulled away from the beam and the chain fall fell and hit the employee on the back. It fractured 1 vertebra.
Employee was cutting a piece of beltline. With a utility knife. When the knife slipped cutting his right thumb he received 6 stitches "no lost time"
He was pulling on a 10" pipe to load for a gate post. Strained lower back.
Victim was looking up through grating to the floor above him. Worker above, knocked a small piece of metal into victims left eye. Went to ER to have it removed. No lost time.
Making belt move, laying top roller on rail, his grip slipped. Roller hit his left leg.
EE was standing near face of coal seam. when loose rock fell and struck him. rock was 5' long 2' wide 2" thick.
Walking rib roll striking on foot and head. It broke his right foot and 3 stitches in his head.
VICTIM WAS PULLING ON CHAIN HOIST WHEN ANCHOR CHAIN BROKE. CHAIN HOIST FELL STRIKING THE VICTIM IN HEAD. VICTIM WAS WEARING A HARD HAT AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.
EE WAS STOCK PILING COAL. COMMING OFF STOCK PILE BACKWARDS, LOADER HIT COAL PILE & TURNED OVER.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING AND HE HIT HIS HEAD ON ROOF BUT DID NOT REPORT THE ACCIDENT UNTIL 11/25/03.
EE WAS WORKING ON BELT LINE MAKING A BELT MOVE WHEN A ROCK 2X2X6 IN FELL FROM ROOF HITTING HIM ON RIGHT FOOT CUTTING INBETWEEN #1 AND #2 TOE.
EE WAS PUTTING BELT LINE BACK UP AFTER ROCK FALL USING A SCOOP TO PUT BELT BACK UP. ROCK FELL & HIT HIS RT.HAND CUTTING LITTLE FINGER AND ACROSS HIS WRIST.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING BLOCK UNDER SCOOP TIRE WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN LEFT SHOULDER IN TRACK ENTRY ON 001-0 SECTION.
THE EE WAS PULLING MINER CABLE WHEN HE FELT A PINCH IN LOWER BACK. ALSO WAS OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR AND HIT A BIG HOLE, THIS IS WHEN BACK STARTED TO HURT WORSE.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING AIR LOCK DOORS AND CUTTING AND WELDING OVER HEAD WHEN A PIECE OF ANGLE IRON FELL AND ENTERED GLOVE AND SHIRT SLEEVE ON TOP OF RIGHT HAND.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING IN A SCOOP BUCKET IN A SITTING POSITION WHEN THE SCOOP HIT A HOLE IN THE ROAD. EE BOUNCED UP & PULLED MUSCLES IN LOWER BACK ON LEFT SIDE. 100' OUT-BY SECTION POWER CENT ER IN #5 ENTRY.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS TOLD BY SUPERVISOR TO GO & GET 5 GALLON BUCKETS OF OIL FOR MINER. AS HE WAS CARRYING BUCKETS TO MINER A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK 3 1/2' LONE, 2" THICK FELL & HIT HEAD & LEFT SHOULDE R. THIS WAS REPORTED TO SAFETY DEPT ON 5/21/03.
EE WAS ROCK DUSTING WHEN HE STEPPED ON A PIECE OF COAL AND TURNED LEFT ANKLE.
THE EE WAS TRYING TO FIX GUARDS ON OFF-SIDE OF MINER WHEN THE RUBBER RAIL FELL OFF & HIT ON TOP OF LEFT FOOT.
EE WAS PULLING ON THE MINER CABLE AND TWISTED LOWER RIGHT SIDE OF BACK.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS SUPPLYING ROOF BOLTER WITH BOLTS WHEN HE INJURED HIS BACK.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS SETTING A WATER PUMP AND WAS CUTTING A PLASTIC PIPE AND POCKET KNIFE FOLDED UP ON RIGHT INDEX FINGER REQUIRING (3) SUTURES.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS SETTING STRUCTURE GOING INTO BELT-HEAD WHEN HE & ANOTHER EMPLOYEE LIFTED ON BELT HEAD & THE OTHER GUYS MUST HAVE LIFTED ON IT TOO CAUSING EE TO CATCH LEFT THUMB BETWEEN IT. LA CERATED, (6) SUTURES.
THE EMPLOYEE HAD SET A HEAD DRIVE & CLIMBED UP ON TOP TO SET A CHAIN & FELL OFF OF HEAD DRIVE & HIT CRIB BLOCK & TWISTED LEFT ANKLE.
THE EE WAS SITTING AND EATING LUNCH AT THE POWER BOX WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL. THE DIMENSIONS OF THE ROCK 2' LONG X 6" WIDE, AND 3" THICK. THE EE RECEIVED TISSUE DAMAGE AND CONTUSED MUSC LE TO LEFT ARM.
THE EE WAS ROCK DUSTING THE RTURN ON 001-0 MMU WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL & HIT EE.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS SITTING & WAITING ON INSTRUCTION FROM BOSS WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL FROM TOP HITTING HIM ON HEAD, SHOULDER & BACK.
ROOF FELL AT OR ABOVE THE BOLTS AT INTERSECTION AT SPAD NO. 5591 AT #6 ENTRY.
THE EE WAS INSTALLING INSERTS IN THE RIPPER HEAD & STRAINED NECK.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING ROOF BOLTER WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL & HIT HIM ON THE FORE-HEAD & SHOULDER.
THE EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF MOVING BOLTER WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL & HIT HIM ON ANKLE.
THE FALL WAS LOCATED IN NO. 1 BREAK OUTBY SPAD #5569 6 BREAKS OUTBY 3A HEAD DRIVE IN #5 RIGHT BREAK EXTENDING ACROSS TO #6 RIGHT BREAK. APPROX. 9' HIGH. FELL TO RIDER SEAM 1' THICK. 48" BOLTS.
THE EE WAS TRYING TO GET SLACK ON FEEDER CABLE BY PULLING IT, WHEN PAIN OCCURRED BETWEEN SHOULDER BLADES ON RIGHT SIDE.
THE EE WAS CUTTING BELT LINE WHEN THE KNIFE SLIPPED CUTTING RIGHT LEG THIGH.
EE WAS BOLTING TOP WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL SMASHING RIGHT THUMB AGAINST CANOPY REQUIRING 4 SUTURES.
THE EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF ROOF BOLTING WHEN WRENCH BOLD-OUT & WRAPPED ACROSS HEAD RECEIVING 14 SUTURES & FRACTURING NOSE.
EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF SETTING UP THE MINER. WHEN HE PICKED UP MINER CABLE TO MOVE IT OUT OF THE ROADWAY HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER LEFTSIDE BACK.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF BOLTING TOP WHEN THE DRILL STEEL BENT AND CAME AROUND AND SMACKED HIM ON THE WRIST, LEFT HAND. REPORTED TO SAFETY OFFICE ON 8-2-01.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF HANGING WATERLINE WHEN HE GOT OFF BALANCE AND FELL OFF OF LADDER.
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING GUARD OFF OF BELT HEAD WHEN GUARD FELL ON LEFT HAND INDEX FINGER BETWEEN BRACE. SMASHED FINGER REQUIRED 7 SUTURES ON TOP AND 12 ON BOTTOM.