PIECE OF METAL FELL ON HAND HITTING & CUTTING 3RD FINGER ON LEFT HAND.
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Showing all 7INJURED WAS RIDING A ROOF BOLTER AND CAUGHT HIS LEFT KNEE AGAINST THE ROOF.DUE TO AN MSHA AUDIT,IT WAS REVEALED TO ME THAT I SHOULD HAVE FILLED IN AN ACCIDENT REPORT.
INJURED STEPPED ON A RUSTY NAIL ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE MINES,DUE TO MSHA AUDIT,I FOUND OUT THAT I WAS SUPPOSED TO FILL OUT AN ACCIDENT REPORT.
THIS IS NO ACCIDENT ALTHOUGH HIM PULLING A MOTOR BY HIMSELF MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO AN OLD INJURY YEARS AGO WHILE WORKING FOR SOMEONE ELSE.WOKE UP ON THE 15TH AND COULDN'T GET OUT OF BED.DUE T O AN MSHA AUDIT,I DID NOT KNOW UNTIL THEN THAT I HAD TO FILL OUT AN ACCIDENT REPORT.
WHILE WORKING AT THE MINE SITE, HE STOOPED OVER TO PICK UP A LARGE ROCK AND DEVELOPED SEVERE PAIN IN THE UPPER PORTION OF THE LUMBAR AREA. THE PAIN RADIATED BRIEFLY TO THE LOWER EXTREMETIES WH ICH FELT NUMB AND HIS LEGS BUCKLED UNDER HIM. I. NAME WAS ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL.
I NAME STATES THAT HE WAS PULLING ROCK DUSTING MACHINE INTO SCOOP, WHEN A PAIN WENT THROUGH HIS BACK. IT WAS THE WAY HE ALWAYS LOADED.
I NAME STATED THAT HE WAS CRAWLING TO GET A SCOOP WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL ON HIS BACK CAUSING HIS RIBS TO BE BRUISED OR CRACKED.