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Employee was trying to install a DA shear pin back into the DA advancing bar on the longwall shield. While trying to install the pin a face bounce occurred and threw the bar up into the cable tray with his finger in the middle.
EE was standing in the panline on the longwall face at shield #123 insalling the shear cable into the brettbe when a bounce occurred throwing the employee's leg into the spill tray. EE was seen in the ER and released to return to work. His knee continued to bother him for months after and he had his knee scoped on 1/3/2007.
Employee was in the pan line putting the shear cable back into the brettbe. A face bounce occurred and a chunk of coal came away from the face area and pinned his leg to the sigma section of the panline breaking his leg.
While mining a lift off of a pillar, the rib sloughed off some chunks of coal and one struck individual in right ankle and foot. This caused a fracture to right foot and a severe sprain to the ankle.
The Employee was standing by the pager phone on the headgate relaying information off the face to the surface. A bounce occurred on the pillar just outby the headgate controller. The impact of the bounce blew a ?rock prop? on him striking his left foot.
While changing bits on the longwall shear, a small piece of rock fell from the face striking individual on the right hand causing a laceration to ring finger that needed 6 stitches to close.
During roof bolting of the longwall extraction face, individual was holding up a roof matt when a piece of rock at the top of the coal seam face rolled from the face and struck individual in the left lower leg. This caused a fracture to his ankle.
The employee was performing a pre-shift examination for the oncoming Graveyard shift. He was walking through the Last Open Crosscut between the #2 and #3 entries. A bounce occured which blew coal out and struck him in the face and shoulder.
EMPLOYEE WAS SETTING SQUARE SETS ON BELT LINE AND A CHUNK OF COAL FELL AWAY FROM THE RIB STRIKING HIM ON THE RIGHT LEG.
INJURED EE WAS ADVANCING SHIELDS ON THE LONGWALL FACE. A LUMP OF COAL CAME OUT OF THE FACE AND STRUCK THE EE IN THE FOREHEAD. AT THE COMPLETION OF THE SHIFT THE EE WENT TO THE HOSPITAL. SUTURE S WERE APPLIED TO THE CUT.