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EE WAS SETTING MINE TIMBERS DUEING PILLAR MINING. HE REACHED FOR A TIMBER AND CUT HIS RIGHT WRIST ON A HAND SAW LAYING ON THE PILE OF TIMBERS. EE S WRIST REQUIRED FIRST AID ON SITE AND WAS LAT ER STITCHES AT THE LOCAL EMERGENCY ROOM. EE RETURNED TO WORK ON THE NEXT SCHEDULED SHIFT.
EE WAS CLEANING DUST OUT OF EIMCO ROOFBOLTER DUST BOX AND GOT DUST IN HIS RIGHT EYE. EE WENT TO PRIVATE DR'S OFFICE AS SOON AS IT OPENED THAT MORNING AND HAD EYE FLUSHED OUT. NO ADDITIONAL TIM E LOST DUE TO INJURY
EE WAS OPERATING LONG AIRDOX CONTINUOUS HAULAGE. A LARGE ROCK BECAME STUCK IN THE BRIDGE CONVEYOR AT THE SECOND LEFT ENTRY. EE LIFTED THE ROCK OUT OF THE BRIDGE CONVEYOR BY HIMSELF AND STRAINE D HIS LOWER BACK. EE DROVE HIMSELF TO HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ROOM AND WAS TREATED AND RELEASED.
EMPLYEE WAS SHOVELING MUCK FROM NO. 2 BELT LINE. HE STATED THAT WHILE HE WAS SHOVELING, HE HEARDHIS WRIST POP AND IT BEGAN TO HURT. EMPLOYEE WAS OFF WORK THE NEXT DAY FOR A MEDICAL X-RAY OF HI S WRIST. HE RETURNED TO WORK ON LIGHT DUTY THE FOLLOWING DAY.
EE WAS PULLING CABLE BY AND HAND AND FELT SHARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK
EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING LOOSE COAL AT A BELT DRIVE AND TURNED INTO AN AWKWARD POSITION, STRAINED BACK.
THE INJURED AND I,NAME WERE PREPARING TO OVERHAUL A SWING GEAR CASE ONTHE MINER AND WERE IN THE PROCESS OF REMOVING THE HOOD (COVER) FROM THE MINER. WHEN THE HOOD WAS MOVED, THE INJURED HAD HI S HAND IN A POSITION THAT IT WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE HOOD AND FRAME AND AMPUTATED THE RIGHT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN 1ST & 2ND JOINT.
MAN WAS REMOVING PIECE OF BELT STRUCTURE FROM BELTLINE AND COMPLAINED OF BACK PAIN IN LOWER BACK