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Installing roof strap, while installing roof strap it slipped down striking employee in left cheek and ear. He received fifteen stitches. (15 stitches).
Drill steel fell out of hole mashing the end of the left pinky finger.
Employee was roof bolting. He felt pain in his chest and left arm, taken to hospital. Admitted for possible heart attack, released next day and told there was no cardiac event. He was diagnosed with a possible pulled muscle and given two days off. Returned to Dr. complaining of left arm pain and was told to get an MRI, employee off until given an MRI.
Employee was roof bolting. He stated that he twisted around to retrieve a roof bolt when he felt a pain in his back. He worked the rest of his shift and went to the emergency room on 12-21-2010 at 10:00 a.m. His was told that he had a pulled muscle.
Employee was operating pinner and was retracting a piece of starter steel from the top as the steel cleared the top he was struck by the steel hitting his right arm.
While bolting, employee had his right hand on the pizza pan. While he was trying to get the rotation hose out of the way, the lever was accidentally pushed causing the bolt to raise up, catching his right fingers between the pizza pan and the top.
EE was taking suction hose off near the pinner head. Another EE moved the pinner catching EE's middle finger in a pinch point. This mashed the finger requiring stitches. Note: Paper work got misplaced.
Employee was moving the roof bolter when he was caught between the roof bolter and the mine rib. This caused a compound fracture to the femur bone of the left leg. This required surgery for placement of a pin in the femur bone.