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Injured employee was assisting in roof bolting on a roof fall clean-up project when a piece of rock fell from the mine roof, struck the roof bolting machine, then the top of EE's right foot resulting in a laceration requiring three sutures to close.
Injured employee was performing maintenance on the longwall shearer when a piece of rock fell from the mine roof and struck EE's left leg resulting in a fracture.
Injured employee was operating the longwall shearer when the employee was struck on the right index finger by a piece of rock resulting in a laceration requiring four sutures to close.
Employee was putting down material to dry up a roadway. They reached down to pick up a pick hammer when a piece of rock fell out of the top striking them on the back of the head while they were bent over causing injury.
Injured employee was struck on the left hand by a piece of rock that fell from the mine roof resulting in a laceration requiring sutures to close. No time was missed as a result of this incident.
Employee was in the process of changing steel for jack Leg Drill, when a piece of rock broke loose in front of support jacks and fell from top striking employee in left arm, causing laceration
Employee was in the process of bolting up wire mesh in the slope, when a piece of rock fell out and hit canopy causing rock to bounce off and hit bolter operator in back of head, causing laceration to rt. ear.