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It is unknown as to the exact cause of the incident. However, the employee believes that it may have occurred while replacing a cylinder on a jumbo. The employee was using a hoist system and was pulling on a come-along handle to lift and lower the cylinder. The employee did not notice any discomfort.

A mine employee cut his right hand with box cutter knife while cutting tape.

While using a box cutter to cut nylon banding, the knife slipped and cut the index finger of the right hand. The employee was sent to the local clinic and received four sutures. The employee returned to work and completed his shift.

The injury occured when EE was removing a mucker bucket tooth. The tooth had been torch cut loose previously and the EE was using an air chisel & a hammer to remove it. When the EE struck the tooth with the hammer a piece of metal chipped off the tooth and struck the EE's Leg (thigh).

The EE was injured when he was drilling with a Jumbo. During drilling, he noticed loose centralizer bolts and attempted to tighten them with his rap wrench. As he was pulling on the wrench, it slipped off a bolt causing him to fall backward. As he fell backward, his left forearm brushed against a sharp rock on the rib, causing the injury.

EE was repairing a mechanized rock drill. The EE was striking the drill steel with a 4lb hammer when a small metal shard broke off the end off the3 drill steel and struck the EE on his chest. The piece of shard was removed by a physician on 4/13/06.

THE INJURY OCCURRED WHEN THE EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO SEPARATE TWO LENGTHS OF 1" WATER HOSE. AS THE EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING THE JOINER NIPPLE WITH ONE HAND AND STRIKING THE COUPLER WITH HIS RAP WRENCH, HE INADVERTENTLY STRUCK HIS HAND CAUSING THE LACERATION.

THE EMPLOYEE INJURED HIS THUMB WHEN HE WAS TRYING TO REMOVE DRILL CORE FROM A SECTION OF DRILL TUBE. HE TRIED TO FREE THE CORE FROM THE TUBE BY HOLDING THE TUBE WITH ONE HAND AND STRIKING IT USING A WOODEN MALLET. AS HE WAS STRIKING THE TUBE HE INADVERTENTLY STRUCK HIS THUMB WITH THE WOODEN MALLET.

THE EE'S INJURY OCCURRED WHEN HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A MANIFOLD FROM THE SURFACE CONE CRUSHER. THE EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A 3" PIPE FITTING WITH A 48" PIPE WRENCH WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

EE WAS OPERATING A HANDTOOL (PORTABAND) TO CUT PIPE. EE WAS HOLDING HARD UNDER THE PIPE BEING CUT WHEN HE CUT THROUGH THE PIPE AND CUT HIS FINGER, REQUIRING 7 STITCHES.