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EE WAS INSTALLING A ROOF BOLT WHEN A RIB ROLLED STRIKING HIM ON RT. HAND AND INJURING HIS MIDDLEFINGER.
MOVING ROOF DRILL UP. ROCK FELL FROM TOP, STRIKING EYE.
HE STRAINED HIS RIGHT ARM WHILE BOLTING IN HIGH TOP ON 3 LEFT. HE NOTIFIED COMPANY ON 4/16/02 THAT FAMILY PHYSICIAN HAD DIAGNOSED TORN ROTATOR'S CUFF (DIAGNOSED WITHOUT A POSITIVE X-RAY).
EE CLIMBED UP THE LADDER TO SPRAY THE DECK OFF. HE REACHED FOR A HAND HOLD AND GRABBED THE VALVE ON THE HOSE. THE HOSE CAME ON AND THE PRESSURE FROM THE HOSE HIT EE IN THE MOUTH.
AS EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLT, A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL FROM THE ROOF AND STRUCK HIS RIGHT FOOT, JUST BEHIND STEEL TOE. FRACTURE OF SMALL BONE ON TOP OF FOOT.
EE WAS TRYING TO TURN BLENDER ROTOR AROUND WHEN IT FREED ITSELF AND TURNED WEDGING HIS ARM INTO THE BODY OF THE BLENDER.
EE WAS TRAMMING ROOF BOLTER. AS HE WENT OVER A ROLL, THE REAR TRAM COMPARTMENT SUDDENLY RAISED CAUSING HIS HEAD TO STRIKE THE ROOF. THIS RESULTED IN A SPRAIN TO HIS NECK. DID NOT GO TO DR. UNT IL 1-20-00. DID NOT MISS WORK UNTIL 1-21-00.
EE WAS OPERATING ROOF BOLTER WHEN A ROCK FELL FROM THE ROOF AND STRUCK HIM IN THE FACE. RETURNED TO REGULAR DUTY NEXT SCHEDULED SHIFT WORK SCHEDULE MON-THURS. NOTIFIED BY EMERGENCY ROOM NURSE TODAY THAT LACERATION WAS SUTURED.