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Employee was operating the left side of the roof bolter located in the #2 entry face of 12th North, when their foot slipped and they fell hitting right knee and left wrist on the operators platform that they was standing on.
Employee was kneeling down on shield #2 on the 9th North longwall face preparing to push the headgate drive. As they pushed the drive, their left foot was pinched between the relay bar and the shield toe.
While standing on shield #124 on the 9th North longwall face, the bret-by cable flipped out of the cable tray and stuck the employee, thus knocking the employee to the ground.
While standing at shield #125 on the 9th North longwall face, the bret-by cable flipped out of the cable tray and struck the employee, thus knocking EE to the ground.
Employee was cable bolting in the 11th North section. EE was pushing the drill steel into the hole and bottomed out the hole. The drill steel bowed out and broke and hit EE on the left side of their face resulting in a laceration and a fractured left cheek bone.
While loading coal with the miner in the #1 face inby crosscut #2 in the 11th North development section, the employee was struck by a lump of coal on the right hand, resulting in a laceration to EE's right middle finger that required stitches.
Employee was operating the right side drill of the roof bolter and as employee was positioning the drill steel and adjusting the angle of the drill box, employee's self rescuer pouch inadvertently snagged the rotation lever while employee's left hand was on the drill steel.