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Cutting metal with torches and slag metal fell inside his boot and burnt his toe on his left foot
Employee was installing roof bolts accidently hit rotation lever causing roof bolt to spin stricking employee on left hand.
Employee was pushing rock on drill bench, rock became caught under blade raising dozer off ground and dropping suddenly, operator felt pain in lower back.
Cutting metal platting plate flexed upwards strking miner in the face injuring nose, and mouth area requiring stiches.
Employee was freeing the V belt on a rockduster and got four fingers on his right hand caught in the pulley.
The miner operator bent over to move the cable, when his chest activated the boom swing on the remote box and pushed his left leg into the rib.
Employee was postioning the roofbolter into place, when a piece of roof fell on the ATRS, causing the rear of the machine to raise upward. The employee struck the mine roof, injuring his neck.
Employee was pushing shot rock to the 1800 excavator when one track of the D 10 bulldozer he was operating climbed on top of a large rock. When backed off the rock the dozer fell quickly causing the employee to hit his head and shoulder against the cab of the dozer.
Injured employee was installing a flyboard with the roofbolting machine. When he raised the drill head to install the board, his right index finger was caught between the board and the roof, causing a laceration that required 14 stitches.
Injured employee was trying to remove drill steel from the mine roof when it came loose, fell and hit his right eye resulting in a burn injury to the eye.
Injured employee was swinging roof bolter boom to install outside roof bolt and caught his legs causing bruising to both legs.
Miner was hung and he raised the stabjack and put a crib under it; when he let it down it busted and hit him.
Trying to get steel out of drill hole and caught his finger between drill steel and pot.
Operator was installing bolt into hole while attempting to straighten bolt, it spun around twisting his upper back.