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Going across parking lot, jumped across a ditch & landed on side of left foot & felt it pop.

Employee was in a standing position prying a rock off the continuous miner when a piece of rock broke off striking him in the right ring finger causing two lacerations.

Employee was taking the sequence switch from the top of the feeder when it slipped out of his hand striking his right index finger.

EE was attempting to lift high voltage cable into a sled when he began having trouble seeing out of his right eye.

Employee injured his back loading posts by hand into the bucket of a scoop. He finished the shift and continued to work every day until 6/30/05. On 6/30/05 he was operated on for a lumbar disc herniation and/or lumbar stenosis.

EE WAS TAKING A CAP OFF THE HEAD OF A MINER IN THE SHOP, WHEN IT SLIPPED OFF & PULLED ON HIS LEFT ARM. HE DID NOT MISS ANY WORK UNTIL 10/25/04 WHEN THEY OPERATED ON A TORN MUSCLE IN LEFT ARM

EE WAS HELPING UNROLL A 700' ROLL OF MINER CABLE THAT WAS SUPPORTED WITH A 5' PIECE OF PIPE LOCATED BETWEEN THE FORKS OF A FORK LIFT. THE PIPE FELL OFF THE FORK CAUSING THE SPOOL TO FALL AGAI NST THE LEFT FORK WHERE EE'S RIGHT INDEX FINGER WAS LOCATED.

EE WAS ASSISTING THE CREW IN THE CHANGING OF THE GEARCASE ON THE JOY 14CM10 CONTINUOUS MINER WITH REMOTE IN THE #5 ENTRY, SPAD #1722, OF EAST MAINS WHEN HIS RIGHT FOOT WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE RIPPERVEYOR SPROCKET AND GEARCASE OF THE MINER, RESULTING IN TWO BROKEN BONES IN HIS RIGHT FOOT.

AS THE CONTINUOUS MINER WAS REMOVING A PILLAR, A PIECE OF DRAWSLATE FELL ON THE FRONT. THE FOREMAN HAD THE MINER OPERATOR TRAM THE MINER BACK OUT & HE & THE OPERATOR REMOVED THE ROCK OFF THE HEAD OF THE MINER. THE DRAWROCK HAD BROKEN INTO THREE OR FOUR PIECES & AS FOREMAN WAS SLIDING 1 ROCK OFF MINER HE HIT ANOTHER PIECE OF ROCK THATHAD A SHARP EDGE CAUSING A LACERATION TO FINGER.

EMPLOYEE WAS DISCONNECTING 6" WATER PIPE AS SECTION IS RETREATING AND A SHE WAS PULLING ON TEH PIPE HE FELT SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK. HE CONTINUED TO WROK BUT ON 5-10-00 HE WENT TO DR AND THEY PUT HIM IN THE HOSPITAL FOR TRACTION.