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EE was dis-connecting the motor leads from a set of resistors inside a belt drive starting box (a tight work area)in doing so he strained the ligaments in his right hand.
Letting red devil off on belt splice, caught his right thumb in red devil wheel.
Drilling hole for resin bolt, EE smashed his middle finger and nail.
EE turned switch off on belt line and crossed belt line. EE set spads and then attempted to cross over belt line again. The belt line began running and EE fell off the belt line and hit his back against the rib. This caused an injury to his lower back.
EE said that he had sprung his neck while backing up a mine buggy. No further details were submitted. Medical assistance was offered.
EE was pulling cable from the back of the bolting machine. After doing this EE had pain in his low back area.
While performing his regular job duties as a roof bolter operator, employee reached up to get a section of drill steel when he got the middle finger of his left hand caught between the roof bolter pot and the mine roof.
Injured ee was using a chisel and hammer to break a piece of metal off of a chain hoist. When the piece of metal broke off, it fell on the injured ehis left hand, bruising the index, middle, and ring fingers.
Injured employee was working on a belt splice when he stepped on a rock or lump of coal and twisted his right ankle resulting in a broken bone just above the ankle.
INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS PICKING ROCKS OFF OF SCALPER BELT WHEN ROCK CAME OFF THE SCALPER SCREEN & HIT HIS LEFT HAND. THIS RESULTED IN A CUT ON HIS HAND (2 STITCHES) & TWO BROKEN BONES IN THE LEFT HAND ON THE LITTLE FINGER.
Employee was removing a metal cover on the face drill when he felt a sharp pain in his lower abdomen, resulting in a hernia/rupture.
EE PLUGGED IN THE CATHEAD FOR THE #4 BOLTING MACHINE AND SET UP THE BREAKER. THE BOLTING MACHINE WAS TURNED ON AND AN ARC FLASH CAME FROM THE CATHEAD. THE FLASH CAUSED A BURN INJURY TO THE EE's FACE.
THE INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS BENDING A ROOF BOLT MANUALLY WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER, LATER DIAGNOSED AS A STRAIN IN THE RIGHT SHOULDER.