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EE WHO WORKS AT THE SHOP, WAS SENT TO CUT A METAL PIN WITH TORCHES, EE DID NOT REALIZE AT THE TIME THAT IT WAS UNDER PRESURE. WHEN THE CUT WAS MADE, THE METAL STRUCK EE ACROSS BOTH HANDS, BRE AKING A BONE IN HIS LEFT HAND. HE WAS TREATED AND RELEASED FROM HAZARD ARH. HIS LEFT HAND IS IN A CAST.

EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF ALIGHNINING A DRILL STEEL WITH A BIT SUB. AS HE WAS PULLING AT THE DRILL STEEL. HE FELT A SLIGHT PULL IN HIS LOWER BACK. HE CONTINUED TO WORK THROUGHT 10-11-97. AT WHI CH TIME, HE STATED THAT HE WAS IN PAIN AND NEEDED TO SEE A DR. A MRI AT HIGHLANDS REGIONAL MED. CENTER REVEALED A HERNIATED DISK IN HIS LOWER BACK.

EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF PULLING FROM ONE HOLE TO ANOTHER WHEN HE MIDJUDGED THE DISTANCE AND SLID THE DRILL OFF THE DRILL BENCH ONTO THE OPEN COAL PIT, A DISTANCE OF 12-1/2'. THE DRILL LANDED ON ITS LEFT SIDE. EE WAS TREANSPORTED TO ER WHERE HE WAS TREATED AND RELEASED. HE WAS DIAGNOSED AS HAVING A SLIGHT CONCUSSION.

EE WAS STEAM CLEANING THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT OF A 777 CAT. ROCKTRUCK EE STATED THAT HE SWUNG THE WAND ACROSS HIS KNEE AND THAT HE HAD FELT A STING BUT DID NOT THINK ANYTHING WAS WRONG. HE CONT INUED TO WORK UNTIL 12-10-94 WHEN HIS KNEE BEGANTO SWELL. HE REPORTED TO HAZARD ARH 12-10-94. IT WAS AT THIS TIME HE WAS ADMITTED.

WHILE USING AN IMPACT WRENCH, THE SOCKET SLIPPED, CAUSING EE TO BE STRUCK IN THE FACE, CUTTING HIS LIP & CRACKING HIS TOOTH. 40 STITCHES WERE REQUIRED TO SEW UP THE CUT. HE REUTRNED TO WORK TH E FOLLOWING MORNING AT 7:00 AM.

EE WAS OPERATING A DRILL WHEN ALARGE ROCK FELL FROM THE HIGHWALL, STRIKING THE DRILL ON THE LEFT TRACK. THE DRILL WAS DISABLED AT THIS TIME. EE WENT TO THE HAZARD ARH AT APPROX. 12:00 WHERE HE WAS CHECKED AND RELEASED.

ON 3-8-94 INJURED REPORTED TO THE MAIN OFFICE THAT HE HAD BEEN INJURED ON 3-3-94. THERE HAD BEEN NO REPORT OF AN INJURY TO THE NIGHT FOREMAN.