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Employee was installing a self tapping screw with a hand held drill. The drill was equipped with a threaded hole for a side handle which was not installed. When the screw "grabbed", the torque twisted his arm and shoulder. He continued normal maintenance activity until the day he went for shoulder surgery.

Employee was bolting a heading with split sets. The split set driver momentarily stuck inside the set allowing the air to bleed off causing the Jack Leg to drop quickly. He tried to catch the falling Jack Leg. He felt a "popping" sensation in his left shoulder. Employee had surgery on his shoulder on 1/19/07.

Employee using a electric drill to bore a hole in an 6" x 8" timber. Bit bound drill spun and struck back of right hand. Fracture finger.

Drilling a back hole, turned the machine off, pulled it out of the hole and his shoulder popped.

PULLED A DRILL STEEL OUT OF HOLE AND PINCHED RIGHT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN STEEL AND DRILL CHUCK. FRACTURED TIP OF FINGER.

HELPER ACCIDENTLY HIT LEVER IN WRONG DIRECTION CAUSING THE WRENCH TO SWING AROUND STRIKING EE IN THE FACE.

USING A BLOWPIPE TO CLEAR AREA. HOSE KINKED EE PULLED ON HOSE KINK STRAIGHTENED AND SURGED CAUSING THUMB TO BE STRUCK BY HOSE. FX TIP OF THUMB.

EE CLAIMS THAT WHILE RINGDRILLING THE COUPLER ON DRILL ROD HIT BOTTOM OF CENTRALIZER AT AN ANGLE AND COUPLER STARTED TO CHIP OFF METAL WHILE DRILL WAS ROTATING AND METAL CHIPS HIT EE IN FACE, /FRAGMENT IN EACH CHECK.