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Employee was operating the left side of the double head roof bolter installing cable type bolts. Employee set up and started drilling a hole when a piece of rock broke off, slid down the steel, spinning around, striking employee on the left forearm, causing a laceration on employee's arm.
EE was operating a shuttle car running from the miner in #4 Left break to the feeder in #6. As EE was traveling started to lose hard hat, reached up to grab it and was so close to the rib, arm came in contact with it and was pulled back between the cable guide post and the rib. EE then backed the car up to get arm free.
EE was operating a man trip for transportation when ee ran in front of a scoop trade long across an intersection. The scoop controls malfunctioned and the operator was unable to stop the scoop before it hit the man trip the ee was operating. The ee complained of pain and swelling in foot initially but now is complaining of multiple injuries.
EE was operating a shuttle car when he attempted to avoid the line curtain on the off side. He got too close to the rib/brow on his side and came in contact with the rib.
Employee was unloading rock dust from a scoop to another ride when he felt something pull in his back
Injured employee was behind the 3 wheeler they were using for underground transportation when another employee accidentally backed up on him