MSHA record for Pawpaw Gap #9 (mine ID 4406646). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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EMPLOYEE WAS REPAIRING WINDSHIELD WIPER AND ATTEMPTING TO PLACE WIPER ARM ON MOTOR WHEN THE WIPERS ACTIVATED, CATCHING HIS HAND BETWEEN SHEET METAL AND WIPER MOTOR ARM.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING LADDER TO ENTER HAULER WHEN DUST BLEW INTO HIS EYE. EMPLOYEE DID NOT WANT TO GO TO DOCTOR AT THAT TIME. ON 9/13/93 EMPLOYEE STATED HIS EYE WAS STILL HURTING & HE WAS TAKE N ATO THE DOCTOR. A SMALL GRAIN OF SAN WAS IN THE CORNEA & WAS REMOVED WITH A NEEDLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRIAVING FUEL TRUCK TO DRILL WHEN AIR PRESSURE DROPPED ON FUEL TRUCK & T RUCK STRUCK AN EMBANKMENT CAUSING LACERATION TO EMPLOYEES NOSE WHICH REQUIRED STITCHES
EMPLOYEE CALLED HIS FOREMAN ON 6-2-92 AND STATED THAT SOMETHING HAD ENTERED HIS EYE SOMETIME DURING HIS SHIFT AND 6-1-92 AND NEEDED TO SEE A DOCTOR. EMPLOYEE DID NOT REPORT THE INCIDENT ON 6-1 -92 AND DID NOT KNOW AT WHAT TIME HIS EYE BECAME IRRITATED. EMPLOYEE WAS GIVEN EYE DROPS AND RELEASED FOR WORK.