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The technician was using a "RAD" gun to torque bolts when the torque gun slipped, crushing the tip of the tech's middle finger on right hand.

EE was welding handrails on a walkway and was using a 6" grinder to grind the weld and debris got into right eye.

Operator of 854 rubber tire dozer was doing a clean-up for the electric shovel when he backed over a chunk and jarred his shoulder. Operator stated that he ran over a rock while backing up causing the rubber tire to bounce around. While bouncing the operator felt a small pain in his shoulder and it didn't go away for about a half hour.

While torqueing strut bolts on a 797B with a Rad gun the mechanic holding the backup wrench was struck in the face by the torque wrench reaction arm when the socket turned off the nut. The force of the blow cut the mechanic just below the lower lip. The cut required three stitches to close.

Employee was grinding inside drag line wearing welding hood and safety glasses. When finished, removed hood and felt something in his eye. Employee was treated at Texas Med Clinic and had particle removed by a doctor.

C-clamp & impact wrench used to position & bolt pre-fabed handrail section into mounting bracket. Force applied rapidly moved rail into place, clamp moved with section, pinching employee's index finger against trigger of wrench. Tip of right finger bone fractured.

Loose grip on grinder-grinding tack weld to finish weld crack on truck dump box, disk caught in crack, kicked grinder back, knocked PPE off, grinder struck chin, lip, nose & left side of face. 1 1/2" cut chin to lip-10 stitches, abrasion left cheek, broken nose-will need surgery to align, many fractures to cheek bone-no further medical unless complications occur.

EE overturned a piece of equip. (backhoe) & damaged his knee by an unknown cause. Possible torn acl in left knee. EE was seat belted in. (REPORTABLE AS OF 7/20/05: PHYSICIAN ORDERED KNEE BRACE FOR EE TO WEAR; EE ON RESTR. DUTIES. EE WILL PROBABLY HAVE REPAIR SURGERY IN JULY. INCIDENT HAPPENED AT RAILROAD CONSTR. AREA - WILL FILE AMENDED REPORT IF NOT MSHA JURISDICTION.)

EE finished back-gouging. He picked-up chipper & hit trigger throwing dust, slag & dirt into air. Particles came down inside weld hood & safety glasses.

EE WAS ASSISTING THE DRAGLINE CREW IN TRYING TO SET THE UPPER RAIL ON HTE WALKING CAM. HE PLACED HIS HAND UNDER A NUT AND MOTIONED THE CRANE OPERATOR TO RAISE THE LOAD. WHEN THE LOAD WAS RAISE D, THE EE'S FINGER WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE NUT AND THE LOWER RAIL.

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LIFT A 30' I-BEAM TO TURN IT OVER WITH OPEN HOOKS. THE HOOKS WERE PLACED ON THE END OF THE BEAM AND THE OVERHEAD CRANE WAS BEING USED TO LIFT IT UP. THE EE RAISED THE BEAM AND ANOTHER EE STUCK A BLOCK UNDER THE BEAM SO IT COULD BE RE-RIGGED. THE BEAM WAS BEING LOWERED WHEN THE HOOKS CAME OFF AND STRUCK THE EE IN THE RIGHT SIDE SAFETY GLASS, CAUSING LACERATION.

SMOKE INHALATION EMPLOYEE WAS IN BASE OF DRAGLINE WELDING & WAS OVERCOME BY SMOKE FUMES.

EMPLOYEE WAS GRINDING OVERHEAD SMALL METAL FRAGMENT ENTERED EYE

EMPLOYEE GRINDING INSIDE PIPE METAL PIECE ENTERED LEFT EYE EE IS LEASING A SHOP ON BIG HORN COAL PROPERTY FOR THEIR OWN USE CALLED EE & EE DIST OFFICE WITHOUT RESOLUTION WE WILL ADD TO CONTRS AS COMPANY WISHES UNTIL A DECISION IS MADE

EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING WHEN A PIECE OF STEEL WENT INTO HIS EYE

EMPL STEAM CLEANING AND RAN THE WAND OVER TOP OF FOOT. BOOT HAD A HOLE IN TOP CAUSING HOT WATER TO GO INTO FOOT. DISCHARGED SAME DAY TO RETURN TO WORK 9-18-92.

INJ WAS WORKING ONDRAGLINE PREPARING TO USE 5 TON OVERHEAD SIDE CRANE TO HOIST 55 GAL DRUM OF CLEANING WATER. HE HAD STOOD DRUM ON END WITH SLING IN POSITION AROUND BARREL. HE WAS ATTEMPTING T O DETACH CREANE HOOK FROM ITS TIE DOWN POSITION WHEN CRANE BROKE LOOSE FROM WELD AT TROLLEY & FELL CRUSHING BARREL & STRIKING INJURED.

EE AND OTHER PERSON WERE ADDING 3/8 X 12 X 7 METAL EXTENSION TO THE BACK TOP OF THE BUCKET ON A 950 FRONT END LOADER. THE TWO WERE STANDING IN THE BUCKET HOLDING THE METAL IN PLACE AND ATTEMPT ING TO WELD WHEN IT SLIPPED AND FELL CRUSHING EES FINGER BETWEEN THE EDGE OF THE METAL EXTENSION AND THE SIDE OF THE BUCKET.

GRINDER GOT AWAY FROM MAN- CUT ARM- BOUNCED OFF CORD AND CUT LEG.

WELDING IN REVOLVING FRAME - WELDING GUN TRIGGER WAS DEPRSSED AND CAUSED WIRE TO ARC, CAUSING HOT METAL TO FALL IN GLOVE, RESULTING IN A BURN ON RIGHT WRIST.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING STREAM CLEANER AND DEBRIS GOT INTO HIS EYE.

SA BLADE BACKED3OVER THE P & H SHOVEL BALONEY CAUSING A POWER FAILURE. THE SHOVEL WAS LOADING AN R-100 TRUCK WHEN THE POWER FAILURE OCCURRED. SWING BRAKES OPERATED CORRECTLY BUT INERTIA CARRIE D THE LOADED BU7KET INTO THE RIGHT REAR CORNER OF T HE TRUCK BOX JARRING THE OPERATOR.

EMPLOYEE WAS WA5KING TO THE LUBE ROOM IN SHOVEL HOUSE & OPERATOR HIT HARD DIGGING ON A ROCK CAUSING THE SHOVEL TO SHAKE THROWING EMPLOYEE OF BALANCE & INTO A NEARBY AIR COMPRESSOR AND TANK THE FALL CAUSED TOR3 LIGAMENTS IN LEFT KNEE & A CHIPPED BONE IN THE LEFT ANKLE

EMPLOYEE WAS ST5RTING TO REMOVE THE RETAINING BOLTS ON THE BRAKE DRUM AND AS HE STARTED THE IMPACT WRENCH THE RUBBER GROMMET HOLDING THE IMPACT SOCKET PIN IN BROKE ALLOWING THE PIN TO COME I N CONTACT WITH 2IS RT PALM

EMPLOYEE WAS WE5DING WEAR PLATES ON RIGHT SIDE OF 1570 DRAGLINE BUCKET WHEN A LARGE PIECE OF FROZEN MUD BROKE LOOSE FROM SIDE OF THE BUCKET AND FELL ON HIM.

EMPL AND FOREMA3 MOVING DRAGLINE BALONEY WITH 4 X 4 PICKUP.EMPL WAS IN INSIDE CIRCLE OF LOOP OF BALONEY AND BALONEY STRUCK HIM IN BACK OF BOTH LEGS.EMPL WASNT WATCHING BALONEY MOVE AT THIS POI NT.EMPL WAS KNO7KED TO GROUNDNA DINCURRED COMPOUND FX IN LOWER RIGHT LEG.

A SECTION OF RAILROAD TRACK (RAIL)WAS BEING PLACED INTO POSITION. THE RAIL WAS BEING POSITIONED WITH A 4OHN DEERE 310 BACKHOE AS THE RAIL WAS MOVED INTO POSITION IT BECAME BOUND (SNAGGED) AND AND STRUCK I NAME. MECHANIC WELDER IN THE LEG KNOCKING HIM DOWN.

I,NAME, MECHANIC-WELDER, WAS ATTEMPTING TO REPLACE A HOIST CABLE ONTO A HOIST SHEVE. HE THOUGH THE CABLE WAS SLACK AT THE TIME OF REPAIR. WHILE POSITIONING THE HOIST CABLE IT BECAME TIGHT AND PINCHED HIS HAND BETWEEN TWO CABLES. THE INJURY REQUIRED SUTURES TO BE PLACED. THE INJURED MINER DID NOT FOLLOW ESTABLISHED SAFE WORK POLICIES.