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EMPLOYEE HAULING COAL WITH BATTERY POWERED TRACTOR. RAISED HEAD UP TO LOOK WHERE HE WAS GOING HIT BUMP IN ROADWAY, SAID HEAD HIT ROOF CAUSING HIM TO FEEL DIZZY. FINISHED SHIFT SAID HE HAD SEEN DOCTOR AFTER HE WAS CALLED TELLING HIM ALL EMPLOYEES WERE LAYED OFF.
OP. WAS DRILLING HOLE IN MINE ROOF TO INSTALL ROOF BOLT WHEN HYDRAULIC HOSE RUPTURED CAUSING OIL TO SPLASH IN FACE AND EYES.
OPER BACKING LOADER OUT OF FACE REACHED WITH LEFT HAND TO MOVE CABLE.THUMB CAME IN CONTACT WITH BARE CONDUCTOR IN SMALL DAMAGED AREA IN CABLE.BURN ON LEFT THUMB INSIDE EDGE POSSIBLE SHOULDER S EPARATION AT THIS TIME FROM FALL.
EMPLOYEE WAS CRAWLING AROUND COAL DRILL - HE WAS LOOKING DOWN AND BUMPED HIS RIGHT CHEEK AGAINST BOOM OF DRILL RESULTING IN LACERATION OF RIGHT CHEEK 2" BELOW RIGHT EYE.
EMPLOYEE CAME TO OFFICE AND ALLEGED TO HAVE CONTACTED ROCK DUST ON HIS LUNGS AND WAS LEAVING JOB UNDER DOCTOR'S ORDERS. EMPLOYEE HAS BEEN EMPLOYED BY THIS COMPANY 1 MO. 3 WEEKS.
LIFTING 5 GAL CONTAINER OF WATER AND FELT PAIN IN SIDE LEFT.