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EMPLOYEE WAS RAISING BED TO DUMB LOAD OF COAL. BED HAD RAISED INTO 3RD STAGE WHEN HOIST PIN BROKE CAUSING HOIST TO GO THRU BED EXTENSIVELY.
INJURED WAS DRIVING A WATER TRUCK WHEN HE GOT DUST IN HIS EYES. THIS RESULTED IN AN IRRIATATION AND INFECTION. HE WAS ISSUED A PRESCRIPTION FOR NEOSPORIN AND AUGMENTIN. HE WAS WEARING SAFETY G LASSES.
INJURED WAS USING A 2 1/2 LB SLEDGE HAMMER TO CLEAN MATERIAL FROM THE BOTTOM ROLLERS ON THE SLOPE BELT. THE HAMMER WAS PULLED BETWEEN THE ROLLER AND THE BELT. HE FAILED TO LET GO OF THE HAMMER AND HIS ARM WAS PULLED BETWEEN THE BOTTOM ROLLER AND THE BELT.
INJURED WAS DRIVING A CART OUT OF THE MINE AT THE END OF THE SHIFT HE STRUCK HIS HEAD ON A ROOF BOLT & SPRAINED HIS NECK THERE WERE X-RAYS TAKEN & THESE WERE NEGATIVE HE RECEIVED PRESCRIPTION OF COGESTIC FOR PAIN
INJURED WAS RID3NG IN THE BUCKET OF 488 SCOOP HE WAS HOLDING ONTO THE TOP EDGE OF THE BUCKET WITH HIS LEFT HAND WHEN THE SCOOP SWUNG AROUND AND CAUGHT HIS FINGERS BETWEEN THE BUCKET EDGE AND THE COAL RIB 3