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INJURED WAS HELPING INSTALL A NEW TOP ROLLER ON RADIAL STACKER BELT. HE DROPPED HIS END OF THE ROLLER AND IT STRUCK HIS LEFT HAND RESULTING IN A LACERATION HE WAS TAKEN TO GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPT IAL WHERE HE RECEIVED THREE SUTURES.
INJURED WAS HANGING CABLE AT BELT DRIVE.WHEN HE TURNED APICE OF TIE WIRE HIT THE OUTSIDE CORNER OF HIS LEFT EYE.THE TIE WIRE WAS HANGING FROM A ROOF PLATE.UNION HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ROOM GAVE HI M EYE DROPS.
INJURED HAD JUST RIDDEN THE MAN TRIP INTO THE MINE. AS HE BENT OVER TO WALK TO ANOTHER MAN TRIP HE STRAINED HIS NECK. HE SOUGHT TREATMENT FROM A CHIROPRACTOR.
INJURED HAD PERFORMED MISCELLANEOUS JOBS ALL MORNING, NONE REQUIRING ANY LIFTING. HE LIFTED A BUNDLE OF DRILL STEELS TO POSITION THEM FOR CUTTING. AS HE LIFTED THEM, HE INJURED HIS BACK. THE F IVE STEELS WEIGHT ABOUT 75 LBS. TOTAL AND ARE 20 FEET LONG. HE INITIALLY SOUGHT TREATMENT FROM A CHIROPRACTOR.
INJURED WAS WALKING BELTLINE IN SECOND WEST ENTRY. AT THE #5 CROSSCUT HIS RIGHT LEG BECAME STUCK IN THE MUD. AS HE WAS PULLING HIS LEG OUT, HE STRAINED THE KNEE.
INJURED WAS LIFTING BOOM JACK INTO PLACE ON LEE NORSE ROOF BOLTER. HE FELT LIKE HE MIGHT HAVE STRAINED HIS BACK. ON SUNDAY, JULY 29TH, HE SOUGHT MEDICAL TREATMENT.
INJURED WAS CLEANING UP CONTINUOUS MINER. HE REACHED BEHIND A PANEL TO REMOVE OLD RAGS AND DIRT. HE LACERATED HIS FINGER.
INJURED WAS HANGING CABLE FOR THE ROOF BOLTER AS HE TURNED HE WALKED INTO A PIECE OF TIE WIRE THAT HUNG FROM THE ROOF THE EYE WAS PATCHED NO PRESCRIPTIONS WERE ISSUED
INJURED WAS REMOVING COVER PLATE OFF THE VALVE BANK ON #2 CONTINUOUS MINER HE DROPPED THE PLATE ON HIS LEFT RING FINGER RESULTING IN A LACERATION REQUIRING FOUR SUTURES