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EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO DISLODGE LARGE ROCK IN JAW CRUSHER USING A BAR THROUGH A SIDE DOOR WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN MIDDLE ABDOMEN.
EMPLOYEE TOOK HIS SAFETY GLASSES OFF BECAUSE THEY WERE WET AND DIRTY AND HE SAID HE WANTED TO SEE BETTER. HE WAS HELPING THE JUMBO OPERATOR INSTALL GROUND SUPPORT USING 3" X 3" WIRE MESH 6' X 10' WHEN A ROCK CAME OUT OF THE 18 FOOT BACK STRIKING HIM IN HIS EYE RUPTURING HIS GLOBE.
INSTALLING A PIN KEEPER CAP ON A JUMBO DRILL. HAD CO-WORKER APPLY PRESSURE TO THE BOOM. RETAINER CAP POPPED OFF UNDER PRESSURE STRIKING EMPLOYEE IN THE LEFT LOWER LIP, RESULTING IN A CUT TO TH E INSIDE AND OUTSIDE.
EE HAD BEEN PEROFRMING REGULAR MAINTENANCE DUTIES ON 5-30-02. HE FELT A LITTLE DISCOMFORT BUT NOTHING UNUSUAL. WHEN HE GOT OUT OF BED ON 5-31, HE FELT A PAIN IN THE STOMACH. THIS WAS AT THE SA ME LOCATION HE HAD PREVIOUS HERNIA REPAIR APPROX. 6 MONTHS EARLIER.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING AND STEPPED ON A ROCK TWISTING HIS LEFT ANKLE.
INSTALLING A WIRE ROOF MAT - THE MAT SLIPPED STRIKING THE EE IN THE FOREHEAD.
EMPLOYEE CLAIMS TO HAVE "JARRED" HIS BACK WHILE RIDING A TRACTOR OUT OF THE MINE. WE ARE QUESTIONING THE VALIDITY OF THIS CLAIM.
A CO-WORKER THREW A CUTTING TORCH FROM THE GROUND FLOOR UP ONE LEVEL TO THE INJURED EMPLOYEE. THE CUTTING TORCH HIT THE EMPLOYEE IN THE CHIN, LOOSENING FOUR BOTTOM TEETH AND CRACKING AN UPPER TOOTH.
THE EE WAS INSTALLING ROCK BOLTS USING A MID-WESTERN DRILL. THE DRILL HIT A SLIP AND STARTED TO ROTATE SUDDENLY. THE EE CAUGHT THE DRILL AND FELT SOMETHING PULL IN HIS SHOULDER.
SLIPPED WHILE WALKING DOWN STAIRS ON MUD TRAILERTURNED LT. ANKLE- RESTRICTED DUTY.
EE WAS HOLDING A STEEL MAT WITH HIS FOREARM AGAINST THE RIB WHILE HIS CO-WORKER COLLARED A HOLE THROUGH THE MAT. AS THE HOLE WAS BEING COLLARED THE MAT SLIPPED CUTTING HIS ARM.