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While operating the continuous miner, a piece of rock flew back striking the employee on right side of neck.

EE was using a hand held Hilti Drill. The drill hung up and it swung around hitting him in the face.

EE was drilling a hole for a roof bolt when the drill steel stopped up. There was pressure on the drill head which caused the drill steel to bow outwards. When the EE released the pressure the drill steel kicked back striking his left hand. This resulted in a hairline fracture.

Employee was installing a rib bracket with roof bolter when the coal rib popped sending particles into his right eye. Employee was wearing safety glasses. Employee continued working the rest of his shift. He stopped by and had his eye washed out and checked at Whitesburg A.R.C. Hospital on his way home.

The EE got down on his knees while operating the CM. When the EE started to stand up, he stated that he had pain on the backside of his knee. The EE stated that he did not know what happened that his knee just started hurting. The EE cont. working until 11/09/10. Note: The employee did not start workers compensation until 11/09/2010.

Employee was using a spray machine to spray brattice/ribs for a battery charging station. While spraying the nozzle stopped up. The employee was trying to clear the material away from the tip, when the object in the tip was cleared the pressure forced the material out knocking his safety glasses off and spattering in his eyes.

EE was using a spray machine to coat the ribs, roof & brattice with a non-combustible material or coating. The tip of the spray machine stopped up while spraying. The 2nd EE was trying to unclog the tip of the machine. When the tip uncloged, the pressure forced the material out knocking the ee's safety glasses off permitting the material to splatter into his left eye.

Employee was drilling hole in roof for a roof bolt and went to change out a piece of steel, when it fell on his right hand.

EE was welding and did not wear a welding hood. He received flash burns to his eyes.

While roof bolting employee caught his right hand between drill steel and drill head.

While roof bolting, employee took drill steel out of hole and the steel flipped hitting him on the chin.

Employee got his finger caught by the auger of the rock duster which resulted in a laceration to the right hand tip of middle finger.

Employee was watching the miner cut coal when metal chip off of the miner bit flew back hitting him in the left eye.

Employee was roof bolting when the drill steel bent and mashed his right hand.

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING CONTINUOUS MINER WHEN A PIECE OF COAL FLEW INTO HIS EYE.

EE had made a plate for an entrance gland for a feed thru box. He was bolting the plate to the feed thru box when he twisted his knee and felt pain and a stinging in his right knee. this injury was orignially thu to be a reoccurrence of the 10/18/04 accident but was later detemined to be a new injury according to the mri results of 2/28/05.

Employee was putting bolt in hole and hit rotation on roof bolter and plate on bolt. Hand got caught on glove and jerked tip of thumb off.

Employee was operating a continuous miner in #3 entry when a piece of coal popped off and embedded in his hand. Employee received 8 stitches to his right hand.