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Employee was reaching upwards installing a rib bracket when he felt a sharp pain in his lower back. Employee finished his regular shift. He went to the doctor the next day.
EE was in the shop welding. EE put his gloves on when he felt a sting on his left hand. EE's hand turned red and swollen. EE went home and returned back to work with a bad red streak running up from his hand up to almost his arm pit.
EE was bolting on his knee's, when he went to stand up his right knee popped. He said it felt like it popped out of place
Employee was drilling the inside hole when he hit the fast feed lever. The head caught his knee pad causing the boom to hit his left thigh, twisting his knee.
Employee was roof bolting, when his right arm got caught on the roof bolt, twisting his right arm.
Employee was welding and grinding on a mini-trac muffler when he burned both eyes. He also got a small piece of metal in his left eye.
Employee was working around the welder when his eyes got welding burns.
While roof bolting, drill steel fell out of hole & smashed his right finger against the drill head of roof bolter.
Draw rock fell hitting employee in head and shoulder.
The repairman was positioned about 20'in front of the machine & instructed the miner operator to stop because the curtain was caught on the ripper ring. Machine operator heard repairman say OK & assumed he was clear of the machine. He started tramming backwards & repairman was caught between rib & left ripper ring.
EMPLOYEE WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN A ROCK AND THE MINER HURTING HIS LEFT LEG AND FINGER. (HE WAS SEEN IN E.R. ON 1/28 AND FOLLOWED UP BY DOCTOR VISIT ON 1/29 WHO RELEASED HIM FOR WORK).
EMPLOYEE WAS ROOK BOLTING WHEN THE RIB ROLLED OUT STRIKING HIM IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE WAS BOLTING WHEN A PIECE OF THE RIB ROLLED OUT STRIKING HIM ON HIS RIGHT LEG AND ANKLE.
THE BOLT MACHINE WAS TRAMMING FROM #2 ENTRY TO #1 ENTRY INTERSECTION. A ROCK FLEW FROM UNDER THE TIRE OF THE MACHINE AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE IN LEFT EYE.
EE WAS IN #2 ENTRY PUTTING UP A ROOF BOLT WHEN THE DRILL STEEL CAUGHT HIS LEATHER GLOVE AND TWISTED HIS RIGHT WRIST.
EE WAS PULLING A PIECE OF DRAWROCK WHEN IT CAME OUT BEHIND HIM STRUCKING HIS RIGHT LEG.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING MAKE A BELT SPLICE WHEN THE SPLICE MACHINE FELL OFF THE RAILS AND CAUGHT HIS THUMB AND FINGER UNDER THE RAIL WHICH CAUSED THE SPLICE MACHINE TO LACERATE HIS FINGERS.
EE WAS ROOF BOLTING & WAS PUTTING UP A ROOF MAT ACROSS THE ENTRY WHEN A ROCK FELL & HIT THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STRAP. THE ROCK PUSHED THE STRAP AWAY FROM HIS HAND & SLICED HIS FINGER.