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EE HAS BEEN OFF WORK DUE TO A SUPPOSED NON INDUSTRIAL HEALTH RELATED ILLNESS. AN MRI WAS PERFORMED WHICH INDICATED THE EE HAD A RUPTURED DISC. EE ALLEGED RUPTURED DISC WAS THE RESULT OF BEING STRUCK BY A LUMP OF COAL AT WORK.
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING CHAIN LINK FENCING WHEN A PIECE OF COAL/ROCK FELL FROM THE ROOF AND STRUCK HIM ON THE HARD HAT AND SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING A SPOT BOLT WHEN SOME OF THE ROOF AROUND THE CANOPY STARTED TO FALL. AS HE TWISTED TO GET OUT OF THE WAY, HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN THE CENTER OF HIS BACK. THE EMPLOYEE WAS GIVEN PRESCRIPTION MEDICINE.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK ON THE RIGHT THUMB WITH APICE OF SHARP ROCK RESULTING IN A LACERATION REQUIT.RING SUTURES.
I.NAME WAS CHECKING THE MINE BITS WHEN A ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN THE BOLTS STRIKING HIM ON THE HAND SUTURES WERE REQUIRED.
ROCK FELL FROM THE ROOF AND HIT EMPLOYEE ON THE LEFT FOOT. LARGE CONTUSION OVER DORSUM OF FOOT, NO FRACTURE IDENTIFIED.
EMPLOYEE WAS RUNNING A ROOF BOLTER. HE HAD JUST FINISHED DRILLING A HOLE AND WAS WALKING AROUND THE MACHINE TO SET A BOLT WHEN A PIECE OF CAP ROCK 1"X12"X12" FELL FROM THE ROOF, SLID DOWN THE ATRS AND STRUCK HIS LEFT FOOT.
SLAB FELL FROM BETWEEN BOLTS STRIKING EMPL ON LEFT HAND WHILE CLEANING DUST BOX ON ROOF BOLTER.
EMPLOYEE WAS RUNNING FROM A SMALL ROOF FALL HE STUMBLED AND FELL JAMMING HIS FINGER INTO A ROCX.K FRACTURE MIDDLE FINGER LEFT HAD CAST