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Employee was operating a shuttle car. While being loaded, a rock fowled in the discharge end of the continuous miner conveyor chain. When the rock came loose, it was thrown toward employee, striking them on head behind right ear.
Employee was operating a shuttle car when a piece of rock was thrown from the continuous miner boom and struck employee on face and forehead.
Employee was trying to remove a piece of steel that was stuck in the drill chuck. EE's hand slid up the drill steel and across a steel burr on the drill steel lacerating EE's left hand.
Employee was operating a shuttle car and was being loaded by the continuous miner when a piece of rock being discharged by the miner struck the employee on EE's lip.
Employee was using a cut off saw when the salo disk/blade broke, a piece of the fragment from the blade struck the employee on the finger.
Employee was operating a roof bolting machine when he got his hand caught between the drill head and the drill steel.
EE was preparing to cross over the pinner cable when the cable flew up and struck him on the right side of his neck.
EE WAS INSTALLING BOLTS ON HELPER SIDE OF A DD015 FLETCHER BOLTER IN THE #2 FACE. AS HE WAS PUSHING UP THE BOLT, A LOOSE PIECE OF DRAW BROKE AROUND THE BOLT (APPROX SIZE 1' X 6" X 3"), FELL AND STRUCK EE ON HIS HAND. BROKE EE'S RING FINGER.
Rock falling hit him on top of right foot. Witness stated he was on the open side when this happened and when he got to him he had foot out under rock.
ROOF BOLTER OPERATING HELPER SIDE OF THE DOUBLE HEAD FLETCHER. WAS INSTALLING HIS SECOND BOLT IN THE FIRST ROW IN THE #7 ENTRY WHEN A LOOSE ROCK MEASURING 5' X 5' X 0 TO 5" THICK BROKE OFF AT THE EDGE OF THE ATRS AND FELL STRIKING OPERATOR ON THE RIGHT LOWER LEG.