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While trying to cut conveyor belt, employees hand slipped and utility knife cut hand requiring three stitches
Employee was cleaning under the lateral 2 head drive with a shovel when a clump of mud slid down and hit him in the knee. The mud caused a bruise on his knee. The injury is a sprained or bruised knee. He was given a brace and took 3 days off.
He was driving miner bits into the auger head of the miner, when something struck his left eye. He did not notice much discomfort and continued to work, even reporting to work the next day for his entire shift. Woke up the following day with discomfort and went to eye doctor. Tests found a sliver of metal in his left eye
While attempting to replace a splice on the 3-Rt Conveyor Belt, employee was attempting to re-cut the belt for a new splice and when closing the belt cutter, he pulled his left hand back and caught his middle finger against the belt cutter blade, lacerating the tip of his finger, requiring 3 stitches
While attempting to sledge a piece of steel into place, the sledge hammer head glanced off the piece of steel causing the handle to continue thru the swing and smashed his pointer finger between another piece of steel and the handle, causing a laceration.
While cutting a piece of shot wire, employee cut left thumb with knife.
Injury was barring the feeder when he missed the mud he was barring. The bar hit his right pinky finger up against the feeder. He had four stitches and tore the nail off.
WHILE RELEASING A COMEALONG FROM REPLACING A BELT SPLICE, EMPLOYEE HAD HIS LEFT RING FINGER (TIP) CAUGHT IN THE RELEASING MECHANISM OF THE COMEALONG, SMASHING & CUTTING THE TIP OF HIS FINGER. 7 STITCHES REQUIRED.
To bend back into place a damaged cover/guard on the section conveyor tail piece with a pry bar, the bar slipped causing him to fall backwards. Upon landing on his back, he landed on a pair of vise grip pliers on his tool belt, which stayed in a vertical position upon impact, injuring his rib.
WHILE CHANGING A TRIP CABLE, THE MECHANIC STRUCK A B & O HAMMER, CHIPPING A PIECE OF METAL WHICH IMBEDDED INTO LEFT ARM. THIS LACERATION REQUIRED TWO (2) STITCHES TO CLOSE.
EE WAS ASSISTING IN HELPING TO TRY TO TIGHTEN UP THE CONVEYOR TAIL PIECE WHEN THE WRENCH HE WAS USING TO HELP TENSION THE TAILPIECE BROKE, CAUSING A PORTION OF THE WRENCH TO FLY LOOSE AND STRI KING HIM ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS FACE. CAUSE OF INJURY WAS AWARENESS COMPLIANCE WITH RULES AND REGS WAS NOT A FACTOR, PROTECTIVE ITEMS OR TRAINING NOT A FACTOR.
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO HELP STRAIGHTEN UP THE BELT DRIVE WITH A PRY BAR. AFTER THE BELT DRIVE HAD PLUGGED UP AND MOVED IT OUT OF ALIGNMENTTHE BAR SLIPPED STRIKING HIM IN THE FRONT OF THE JAW. CAUSE OF INJURY WAS AWARENESS.