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EE WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLT AND THE HYDRAULIC HOSE PROVIDING PRESSURE TO THE ROTATION OF THE DRILL HEAD RUPTURED SPRAYING HYDRAULIC OIL IN HIS FACE SOME OF THE OIL HIT HIS EYES EVEN THOUGH HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES.
HE BACKED THE CONTINUOUS MINER OUT TO SET OVER TO THE OTHER SIDE. WHEN HE SPLIT HIS CATS THE MINER SLEW OVER AND CAUGHT HIS SIDE AND LEFT AGAINST THE RIB. AND THE HEAD OF MINER WAS SITTING ON HIS FOOT "LEFT". NO BITS WERE IMPALING HIS BODY OR FOOT. HE REFUSED MEDICAL ATT.
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS IN #8 RIGHT XCUT. DRAW SLATE FALL ALONG THE RIB STRUCK HIM.
EE WAS BOLTING TOP WHEN DRILL STEEL BROKE STRIKING HIS RT. THUMB. EE CONTINUED TO WORK, WAS ADVISED ON 4/12/02 THAT A VERY SMALL HAIR LINE FRACTURE WITH NO DISPLACEMENT.
EE WAS DRILLING TEST HOLE AND LAID HIS HAND ON BOOM OF ROOF BOLTER AND RAISED THE BOOM UP CATCHING HIS RT. 2ND FINGER ON THE RT. HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING A HOLE WITH A PIECE OF DRILL STEEL WITH A BOLT WRENCH ON THE BOTTOM. THE WRENCH SLIPPED OFF STEEL STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON THE HEAD.
V SHAPED ROCK 7'X14'X8" FELL OUT BETWEEN BOLTS, HIT ON BOLTER, SLID OFF AND HIT EE' R LEG/FOOT.
EE WAS INSTALLING A BOLT IN #2 HEADING WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK FELL HITTING HIS LEFT WRIST.
THE EMPLOYEE REPORTED TO HIS FOREMAN THAT HE HAD BEEN STRUCK BY THE ROOF BOLTER WRENCH. HE LEFT THE MINE PROPERTY TO GO TO DR.
RUNNING MINER, RIB ROLLED OFF, HIT ELBOW.