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WORKER WAS DRILLING A BOLT HOLE WITH A 3 PIECE STEEL AND WHILE EXTRACTING THE STEELS FROM THE ROOF HE TRIED TO CATCH THE CENTER STEEL AS IT WAS FALLING OUT OF THE ROOF AND IT SMASHED HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER AGAINST THE TOP OF THE BOLTER HEAD RESULTING IN A BROKEN AND LACERATED FINGER. 1ST DAY OFF WORK WAS 6/2/99.

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A ROOF BOLTER AND WAS ATTEMPTING TO PUSH A POINT ANCHOR BOLT INTO A DRILLHOLE THROUGH A T-2 ROOF CHANNEL WHEN IT BENT BACK TOWARD EMPLOYEE STRIKING HIM IN THE MOUTH, CHI PPING 2 OF HIS LOWER PERMANENT TEETH. HE HAS NOTMISSED ANY WORK YET, BUT WILL GET TEETH REPAIREDIN THE NEAR FUTURE.

WORKER WAS LAYING IN A PRECARIOUS POSITION USING A CUTTING TORCH TO TRIM A PIECE OF METAL ON THE COAL FEEDER WHEN THE TORCH COUGHED AND A SMALL PIECE OF HOT SLAG WAS SENT UNDER THE RIM OF HIS SAFETY GLASSES BURNING HIS RIGHT EYE AND EYELID.THE DR. GAVE HIM OINTMENT FOR IT AND HE COULD NOT WORK THE FOLLOWING DAY DUE TO SWELLING AND ANOTHER EVALUATIONBY THE DR. RETURNED ON 12-11-98.

WORKER WAS OPERATING THE RT. SIDE BOOM OFAN ATRS BOLTER AND WAS ROTATING A 2 PIECE DRILL STEEL WHILE EXTRACTING IT FROM ACOMPLETED BOLT HOLE. HE HAD JUST RECENTLY MARKED THIS STEELS DRILLING D EPTH WITH SPRAY PAINT AND ASSUMBED THE PAINT WASCOMPLETELY DRY. WHEN HIS COTTON GLOVE TOUCHED THE PAINTED AREA WHILE PULLING DOWN ON THE STEEL IT QUICKLY BENT HIS 3 INSIDE FINGERS BACKWARD 1S