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EE WAS USING A BATTERY POWERED SAW TO CUT PIPE- CUT END OF LEFT RING FINGER.

EE WAS REMOVING DRILL STEEL FROM THE HOLE. WHILE LETTING THE HEAD DOWN A PIECE OF ROCK THAT HAD BEEN PUSHED OVER USING THE DRILL HEAD, FELL BACK UNDER THE HEAD. WHEN THE HEAD CONTACTED THE ROC K THE HEAD SHIFTED TO THE SIDE & THE EE'S INDEX FINGER WAS CAUGHT BTWN THE DRILL STEEL & THE CANOPY RING. EE CONTINUED TO WORK TILL 3/22/02 WHEN A MEDICAL SPECIALIST PLACE HIM ON RESTRICTIONS

EMPLOYEE HAD FINISHED DRILLING A 5 FT HOLE AND WAS REMOVING THE DRILL STEEL AND THE FINISHER HUNG IN THE HOLE. THE EMPLOYEE REACHED FOR THE FINISHER AND AT THAT TIME THE STEEL FELL OUT OF THE HOLE STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE ON THE LITTLE FINGER OF THE LEFT HAND CAUSING A DISLOCATION OF THE FINGER.

THE INJURED EE HAD GONE TO #4 ENTRY TO OBSERVE THE CONTINUOUS MINER OPERATOR TAKE THE FIRST CUTOUT OF THE PILLAR BLOCK ON THE LT. SIDE OF THE ENTRY. AFTER ARRIVING AT THE MINER, A PIECE OF ROCK 8 1/2'LONG X 27"WIDE X 10"THICK ROLLED OUT OF THE RIB CATCHING THE EE ON THE RT. CALF CAUSING A FRACTURE OF HIS RT. ANKLE.

EE WAS OPERATING JACKLEG DRILL BOLT CYCLE LOWERING DRILL AFTER HOLE COMPLETED, STEEL FELL OUT, STRIKING EE ON RIGHT HAND.

THE EE WAS MAKING UP ROOF BOLTS WHEN AN UNDETECTED PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL, STRIKING HIM ON THE LEFT SHOULDER. THE EE CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 3-4-02 AT WHICH TIME HE SAW A MEDICAL SPECIALIST T HAT PLACED HIM ON RESTRICTIONS AT THAT TIME.

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING DRILL (JACK LEG). ROCK FELL FROM ROOF OF MINE, HIT EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT LEG BELOW KNEE. CONTUSIONS AND ABRASIONS TO RIGHT LEG DOWN TO FOOT.

THE EE WAS OPERATING THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE FLETCHER DUAL HEAD ROOF BOLTER. HE WAS BOLTING IN 7 RT. THE SECOND 20' CUT HAD BEEN TAKEN. HE HAD DRILLED THE FIRST HOLE OF THE SECOND ROW AND WAS RE MOVING THE STEEL WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK THAT WAS UNDETECTED FELL STRIKING HIM ON THE LEFT THUMB. THE ROCK WAS APPROX 23" X 18" X 8" THICK.

CONT. MINER OPERATOR WAS CUTTING FACE OF #5 ENTRY WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM TOP OF RIB STRIKING EE 'S HAND BETWEEN ROCK AND REMOTE BOX. CAUSING A LACERATION TO HIS RIGHT HAND.

ON 2/1/01 EE REPORTED AN ALLEGED INJURY BY PHONETO A MINE SUPERVISOR AT HIS HOME. THE ALLEGED INJURY WAS TO HAVE OCCURED WHILE THROWING ROOF BOLT PLATES ACROSS THE ROOF DRILL TO HIS COWORKER AND STRUCK HIS HEAD AGAINST THE DRILL WC HAS RULED COMPENSIBLE. INTERVER INVESTIGATION EVALUATEDTHE COWORKER REMEMERED EE HURTING HAND SOMETIME IN 2000. NO MANAGEMENT EE WAS AWARE OF ISSUE PRI

EMPLOOYEE WAS OPERATING DRILL WHILE PULLING STEEL LOST FOOTING AND FELL, TWISTED LEFT LEG. SWOLLEN LEFT KNEE.

EE STATED HE WAS OPERATING RIGHT SIDE OF DRILL. AFTER MAKING VISUAL AND SOUND TEST, OPERATOR MOVED DRILL HEAD OUT TO INSTALL RIB BOLT, WHEN AN UNDETECTED ROCK STRUCK EE ON HEAD AND SHOULDER. A FTER ER VISIT, HE RETURNED TO WORK WITH NO RESTRICTIONS. WORKED UNTIL 4/12/01, WHEN THE MEDICAL SPECIALIST PLACED HIM ON RESTRICTED DUTY.

EE WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS IN THE SECOND CUT OF 8 RIGHT CROSSCUT APPROX 35' INBY SPAD 741. THE EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO INSTALL STRAPS ACROSS A VISIBLE SLIP IN THE MINE ROOF AND HAD SWUNG HIS HE AD OUT TO INSTALL RIB BOLT. WHEN EE STARTED DRILLING THE HOLE THE BIT BROKE LOOSE A PIECE OF ROCK APPROX 2' X 1.5' X 2.5" THICK STRIKING IM ON THE LEFT LEG JUST ABOVE THE KNEE.

DOZER OPERATOR WAS CARRING MATERIAL TO COVER SLOPE, DOZER SLID OFF FLAT ROCK CAUSING DOZER TO GO SIDE WAYS ON STEEP SLOPE. AFTER DOZER BECAME IN OPERATIVE OPEATION EXITED CAB AND SLIPPED ON LO OSE MATERIAL CAUSING LACERATION TO HEAD.