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EE and another ee were removing bolts from a pump on the prep plant. EE was using a pull bar to break the bolts loose. As he strained, he felt a pain and burning to his lower abdomen and groin area. No visible injury: however he has had 2 prior hernia surgeries. He was taken to Urgent Care.

4 men were working in pairs of 2, driving pins out of the ripper chain on the miner. This man was holding the bar while the other was hitting with the sledge hammer. This man got hit in the forehead. His forehead was bruised, swollen, and cut. The cut required 7 stitches.

EE(left handed)was using a 4lb hammer with both hands to drive a dump shaft onto mobile bridge(#3).The hammer glanced off shaft and hit sprocket; and a small piece of metal from sprocket flew into his right hand causing injury. The piece of metal entered between middle knuckles and embedded itself in top of his right hand. Puncture wound, laceration, & cut to vein; top of hand.

EE had a set of come a longs hooked to a roofbolt plate. The plate broke causing the come a longs to fall and strike him in the side of his head above his right ear. This caused an egg sized knot and cut that required stitches. No fractures or other injury.

EE was using a hammer to break loose a connecting link on spare piece of conveyor chain(miner). A piece of the hammer broke off, and went through skin into left wrist joint. Metal removed by Orthopedic Dr. on 7/18/07.