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Night shift crews were entering the underground at the start of shift through portal four. The crew sensed a bitter acid taste as they entered. The crew immediately retreated out of the mine and contacted management. The mine was left to ventilate, MSHA 1-800 number was called. Mine rescue team determined a sulfide dust explosion occurred during day shift blasting.
The electrician was removing de-energized power cable from #1 portal. While using a cordless band saw to cut the cables the electrician's hand slipped making contact with the blade. The result was a laceration to the left index finger.
Employee was loading wire into the back of a truck, the wire caught on an obstruction causing it to spring back. The wire struck the employee's right pinky finger. Causing an oblique fracture to the right pinky finger. Currently the employee is working on restricted duty.
Miner was replacing striker bar on jumbo, when flushing head slipped and impacted right ring finger. Miner received a fractured finger and five stitches.
Miner was attempting to install splitset rock bolt. Miner inserted bolt into drilled hole. While positioning driver into splitset, miner bumped splitset causing it to dislodge and fall from back striking him on bridge of nose. This caused a laceration requiring 6 stitches.
While riding the conveyance down the shaft at a slow pace, employee tried knocking off a piece of timber from the shaft steel set getting his right index finger caught between conveyance and guide resulting in a laceration requiring 8 sutures.
Crew was using a cutting torch to remove inaccessable guide bolts; a piece of molten metal inadvertantly fell down the shaft. It is unknown what was smoldering as the shaft is under rehabilitation at this time and it is unsafe to travel down the shaft to extinguish the fire.