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EE WAS USING A CUTTING TORCH TO BLOW MATERIAL OFF OF A PIECE OF METAL WHEN A FOREIGN OBJECT WENT UNDER HIS GLASSES INTO HIS ELFT EYE. A SMALL PIECE OF SANDSTONE WAS FLUSHED FROM HIS LEFT EYE. EE WENT TO THE EYE DR. & WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A SCRATCHED CORNEA. HE WAS GIVEN PRESCRIPTION EYE DROPS, NO DAYS WERE LOST. THIS IS TO REPORT MEDICAL TREATMENT ONLY.

WHILE SUPPORTING MINE ROOF BY INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS, A PIECE OF RIB COAL FELL AND STRUCK THE EE IN THE BACK. (CRACKED RIBS).

THE EE INITIALLY INJURED HIS LEFT SHOULDER ON 2-5-01. THE EE WORKED AT FULL CAPACITY UNTIL 2-13-01. HIS LOST TIME BEGAN 2-13-01. THE OPERATOR BECAME AWARE OF HIS INJURY ON 2-21-01 WHEN THE INI TAL REPORT WAS COMPLETED FOR THE CO. THE EE WAS HELPING HIS PARTNER ON A ROOF BOLTER. THE INJURED EE WAS HOLDING A BOLTING MACHINE WRENCH AND THE WRENCH SLIPPED & STRAINED HIS LEFT SHOULDER.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS BEGINNING TO ASSEMBLE ROOF BOLTS TO BE USED WHEN THE ROOF BOLTER OPERATOR TRAMMED THE MACHINE A SHORT DISTANCE TO RELOCATE AND TRAMMED OVER THE RIGHT FOOT OF THE OTHER BOLTER MAN WHO WAS ASSEMBLING ROOF BOLTS.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS WHEN A PIECE OF SOAP STONE FELL FROM THE MINE ROOF BETWEEN THE RIB BOLTS TO THE COAL RIB AND STRUCK HIM IN THE BACK AND PUSHED HIM INTO THE ROOF BOLTER B OOM. (BROKEN SHOULDER BLADE.)