Employee had bent down to insert a metal pin into the skid assembly of a highwall launch vehicle. He needed a hammer to finish installing the pin and had rose up to walk to a maintenance truck. He walked about 6 steps when he experienced a sharp pain in the calf of his left leg which has been diagnosed as a muscle strain/ with a partial tear.
Employee was pulling water line for continuous miner off of reel when a small piece of metal entered his right eye. (Employee was unable to see an optometrist on the day that the injury occurred to have the metal removed. He did get the metal removed the next day and then returned to work his next scheduled shift.)
EE was preparing to exit the steps at the back of the launch vehicle to do a welding task on a hydraulic jack end. When his right foot contacted the frozen ground he twisted his right ankle, which has been diagnosed as a sprain.
Employee was using a utility knife to cut a piece of damaged belt off of a conveyor car when the knife slipped and struck his left thumb. This resulted into a laceraton that required 4 sutures to close.
Injured employee and another co-worker were using an 18 inch crescent wrench to tighten a hydraulic hose on a manifold. The wrench slipped and the employee felt a pain in his left shoulder. At this time the injury is diagnosed as a strain, but additional examinations are scheduled. The employee worked 5 days of restricted duty and the injury became lost time on 01/15/09.
The crew was in the process of pulling a bad cutter motor out of the miner using a chain and the loader. EE was about 25 feet away when the chain broke and the broken link hit him above his right eye. He was taken to the hospital, where he received 4 stitches to close the wound. EE returned to work on his next scheduled shift and did not miss any work.
Employee stepped off miner car and when foot touched pad, slipped and twisted knee, ee finished, nitifying foreman at end of shift, that an accident had occurred. Went to ER the next morning.
EMPLOYEE WAS REBITTING THE MINER. WHILE DRIVING A BIT BACK INTO BIT HOLDER, A PIECE OF METAL FROM HAMMER OR BIT STRUCK HIM IN STOMACH ON LEFT SIDE UNDER RIB CAGE.
A ROCK CAME OUT OF THE CONVEYOR BELT AND THE EE WAS REMOVING IT. HE HURT HIS BACK WHILE DOING THIS. ROCK WAS ESTIMATED TO WEIGH LESS THAT 20 POUNDS. HE CAME BACK TO WORK ON 4-18-2000. WHILE HE LPING 3 OTHER MEN MOVE A ROCK THAT WEIGHED APPROX. 100 POUNDS HE RE-INJURED HIS BACK.