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Employee welding on #1 unit golf card, holding metal and didn't get assistance or use welding hood that was provided.
Employee cutting jack pipe with grinder and had rust from pipe fly up in left eye. Employee was taken to Hospital and eye was washed out and given prescription eye drops.
Employee installing roof bolt, while booming up ee hit rotation while hand was still on pin plate and glove caught on pin plate rotating middle and pinky finger, causing fracture to end of pinky finder and chipping bone on middle finger.
Employee was working off side of operator preparing to load roof bolter, as the partner backed up they walked too close allowing employee's right foot to be run over by front tire of bolter. Employee was taken to Doctor the day of accident and returned 8-23-2018 without restrictions and during follow Doctor visit 2-27-2018 was given restrictions and became lost time 2-27-2018.
Employee was installing six foot fully grouted bolt in #1 entry on #1 Unit 16+23 in the 6th south panel. While installing bolt six footer, Employee was double booming bolt to attempt to install, smashed hand between mine roof and bent roof bolt employee was putting up. Injury to three fingers required stitches.
Employee was roof bolting and checked the pin to see if it was tight. After, EE placed hand on top of the canopy and swung the boom and caught EE's hand between the canopy and mine roof.