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TRAVEL CABLE TO DREDGE WAS BEING TIGHTENED WITH HOIST WHEN CABLE BROKE STRIKING EE KNOCKING HIM OFF HIS FEET &BREAKING BOTH LEGS & RIGHT TO COLLAR BONE
ON THE 10-D LONGWALL SECTION EMP WAS OPERATING THE OUTBY SHEAR DRUM. AT #16 SHIELD THE DRUM THREW A PIECE OF SLATE ROCK OVER THE PANLINE AND STRUCK THE EMP IN THE RIGHT FOOT CAUSING A FRACTURE TO THE TIP OF THE BIG TOE. A FRACTURE TO THE SECOND TOE AND TWO FRACTURES TO THE THIRD TOE ALSO AN OPEN WOUND TO THE THIRD TOE.
ON THE 10-0 LONGWALL FACE, EMP WAS STANDING ON #38 SHIELD ADVANCING #39 SHIEL WHEN THE RETURN LINE ON #38 SHIELD CAME OUT OF THE SUPPLY BLOCK SPARAYING EMP WITH WATER. WHEN THE WATER HIT HIM H E JUMPED ON #39 SHIELD THAT WAS ADVANCING CATCHING HIS RIGHT FOOT BETWEEN THE DRAW HEAD AND THE TOE OF THE SHIELD CAUSING A FRACTURE TO THE RIGHT FOOT.
ON THE 9-D LONGWALL, EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON #47 SHIELD PULLING #46 SHIELD. #47 SHIELD MALFUNCTIONED AND WAS STUCK ON PULL AND PULLED IN WITH #46 SHIELD. EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED OFF PON TOON AND GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE TAILSIDE PONTOON AND THE RAM BAR.
WHILE WELDING A CROSS MEMBER, THE CROSS MEMBER CAME LOOSE STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE LEFT FOOT.
EMPLOYEE WAS BOLTING RIGHT BREAK IN #1 HEADING WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL HIT HIM ON THE RIGHT ARM.
ON 8 D SECTION #2 BLOCK, HELPING RAISE BELT & WATERLINE, SUPPORT CHAIN BROKE, BELT & WATERLINE CAME DOWN CATCHING RIGHT ELBOW BETWEEN WATERLINE & BELTRAIL CAUSING A BRUISE TO RIGHT ELBOW.