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I.NAME WAS INST5LLING A ROOF BOLT WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FROM THE ROOF FELL AND MASHED HIS LEFT HAND AT THE KNUCKLES
EMPLOYEE WAS WA5KING OUT OF MINE WHEN HE STUMBLED AND GRABBED AN OIL BARRELL(TOP WAS CUT OUT OF IT)CUTTING HIS 2ND,3RD,4TH FINGERS ON LEFT HAND TO THE BONE ON THE FIST JOINT.EMPLOYEE WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL AND3FINGERS WHERE SEWED TOGETHER.
EMPLOYEE WAS SETING BITS ON MINER A FOREIGN OBJECT (ROCK) FLEW UP AND STRUCK IN RIGHT EYE OF EMPLOYEE
EMP WAS SITTING ON SHOVLE WHEN SHOVEL SLID DOWN WALL CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO HIT BACK. WHEN STORY REPEATED HE SAID HE WAS STANDING AND SHOVEL FELL OUT FROM UNDER HIM CAUSING HIM TO FALL AND INJURY BACK
EMPLOYEE WAS SETTING TIMBERS ON MAIN NORTH BELT LINE. HE WAS CARRYING A 6 X 6 X 6 TIMBER STUMBLED AND FELL WITH THE TIMBER FALLING ON TOP OF HIS RIGHT KNEE. EMPLOYEE S KNEE WAS SPRAINED CAUSIN G HIM TO BE OFF WORK UNDER DR CARE FOR A WEEK.
INJURED MAN BACKED THE MINER INTO THE RIB CAUSING THE ELECTRICAL CABLE TO BE DAMAGED CAUSING ELECTRICAL BURN TO HIS BACK