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A piece of rock fell against the bolter head as employee was bolting. He was moving the piece of rock when his lower back popped. Employee finished his shift of work and started missing the following day (12-3-08).
Employee was pulling on a water hose, when he slipped and fell, striking a three wheel mantrip with his jaw and knocked an upper rear tooth out.
A rock fall was found in the #1 Mains, number 8 entry approximately one break outby spad number 124. The fall was in the return entry and is not blocking the escape or hindering air flow. The fall is approximately 70 feet long by 20 feet wide by 5 feet high.
Employee was carrying parts from the supply house when he slipped and fell down a set of steps breaking the small bone in his left arm. He was assigned to another job on a temporary basis.
Employee got his little finger on his left hand mashed, when he was trying to get a broken bolt out of the bolter canopy. Canopy fell and caught finger, causing tip of finger to break and sutures.
Employee had a piece of pinner steel in the top and as he was getting a burr off of the pusher steel, the steel fell out of the top and hit his middle finger on the right hand, causing a laceration that took 4 sutures to close. Employee has returned to work.
Employee was pulling on the miner cable trying to get it out from under a rock when he felt a popping sound in his left shoulder. Diagnosed as a sprain to the left shoulder.
According to the employee he drilled a hole and was in the process of trying to get the pinner steel out of the hole when the drill pot fell on his knees and thighs. He was in a kneeling position. The cause of the fall is unexplained. When checked the machine operated properly. Due to complications he started misssing work on 4-4-08.
Employee twisted sideways to pick up a box of resin and felt a pain in the center of his back. Due to complications he started missing work on March 12 2008.
Employee was bolting top when his steel got fouled. He laid his left hand on the bolter head and the steel fell suddenly and hit the middle finger on his left hand breaking the middle joint.
Employee was backing a mantrip off of a steep place, when the wheels hit an off set in the mine floor and the mantrip turned over, causing a fracture to the lower left leg.
Employee was getting a crawler from under the miner using a slate bar. The crawler fell, hitting the bar, causing the bar to hit employee in the left side of the head and caused a laceration to his ear that took 7 sutures to close. Employee missed no work days.
A rock fall was found 30 feet inby spad number 295 in the number 3 entry of the number 1 mains. 20'W X 20'L X 5'H. No injuries occurred in this rock fall.
Employee was walking toward his hauler when he ran into a roof bolt that had been sheared off, that resulted in a laceration above his left eye that took 5 sutures. Employee was wearing safety glasses.
EE was helping on an old buggy splice---pulling off tape, when the tape slipped and an opened knife he had in his hand, closed up on his little finger on his right hand requiring 7 sutures.
Roof fall between spad no. 380 and the belt entry approximately 80 feet length and 20 feet width. No injuries.