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WHILE CUTTING METAL FOR GUARD ON END LOADER, EE HAD AREA AROUND HIS LEFT EYE BURNED WITH A HOT PIECE OF METAL.
WHILE IN THE PROCESS OF HANGING PLASTIC 3" WATER LINE, HE INJURED HIS LEFT THIGH.
VICTIM WAS REMOVING BROKEN TORQUE SHAFT. REMOVED CAP THAT HOLDS TORQUE SHAFT IN PLACE. HOT COAL SHOT OUT AND STRUCK VICTIM IN CHIN AND NECK AREA.
AS HE WAS INSTALLING A BOOM JACK HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER AND THUMB WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE JACK AND THE BOOM ON THE CONTINUOUS MINING MACHINE.
WHILE HE WAS REMOVING A CRIB WHICH WAS SET ALONG THE MAIN ROADWAY, A CRIB FELL AND STRUCK HIM ON THE RIGHT FOOT.
AS INJURED WAS LIFTING A CRIB BLOCK HIGH OVER HIS HEAD HE INJURED HIS LOWER BACK REGION.
WHILE LIFTING MINER SHIELDS BACK UP INTO POSITION ON THE MINER RHINE CLAIMS TO HAVE INJURED HIS BACK.
AS WORKER WAS LIFTING ON MINER CABLE HE INJ BACK.
AS VICTIM WAS REMOVING A WATER-LINE FILTER TO CHECK FOR LOW WATER PRESSURE IN LINE; THE FILTER HOUSING BLEW OFF WITH FORCE AND STRUCK THE VICTIM IN THE FACE AREA RESULTING IN A BROKEN NOSE AND BROKEN CHEEK.
ALLEGED STRAIN 7O BACK I.NAME TOLD HIS FOREMAN ON THIS SHIFT THAT HE FELT BAD THOUGHT HE WAS GETTING FLU & GOT AN ASPRIN FROM HIS FOREMAN I.NAME DID NOT REPORT GETTING HURT AT THIS TIME I.NAME WIFE PHO3ED THE MINE AT APPROX 200PM FOLLOWING EVENING STATING THAT HE WAS SICK & WOULD NOT BE OUT TO WORK THAT HE HAD THE FLU ALLEGED INJURY SUPPOSED TO HAVE HAPPENED BY HELPING TO LIF