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EMPLOYEE WAS STEAM CLEANING A RADIATOR OF A DOZER. EMPLOYEE STOPPED TO REPOSITION HIS FOOTING AND THEN ACTIVATED HIS WAND SPRAYING HIMSELF IN THE LEFT THUMB CAUSING A PUNCTURE WOUND. EMPLOYEE WAS TAKEN TO SUMMERSVILLE HOSPITAL AND REFERRED TO CAMC HOSPITAL. HE WAS TAKEN INTO SURGERY TO CLEAN INFECTION OUT OF HIS HAND ON 7/15/2011. EMPLOYEE WAS RELEASED ON 7/18/2011.

While employee was operating the continuous miner in the #3 face a piece of rock was thrown back off the cutter head and struck the ee in the RT eye and nose. It was reported that the ee had his safety glasses on and they were knocked off and/or broken.

EE was watching miner cut in the #5 entry. While observing the miner, a small piece of rock was thrown back off the cutter head, striking him in the right eye. Rock went under and around by the side of his safety glasses.

While cutting a pin out of a D10 dozer track, a piece of hot metal popped into employee's ear causing a burn. Employee didn't go to the Dr until 10/21/10 at which time he was given a prescription for medication and returned to work.

Employee was wearing safety glasses and a scarf around face while grinding on tailpiece. He had quit grinding. With scarf & glasses still on, he coughed blowing debris from scarf under glasses into his eye.

While lowering the canopy on the roof bolter, EE had his right hand on top of the lever that lowers the jack. The canopy was lowered down on top of his hand. EE was looking away while lowering the canopy.

Miner was in 6 Rt, while cutting middle band of rock, the continuous miner started to bounce. The miner boom was bouncing up and down, causing the load-lock retrieve valves to release and let the boom fall into the S/C. This caused S/C to bounce and throw EE, the S/C operator, up into th top of the canopy.

While working on right drill pot, employee had hand laying on bolter sissor arm when right hand bolter man was told to move head causing employee's finger to be pinched between the bolter arms and bolter frame.