3 employees were changing 2 worn Jaw Dies. After successfully removing both and replacing one, hooked up second jaw die to lift in place when chain hook slipped out of lifting eye and jaw die overbalanced and fell on one miner's leg. The 2 supervisors quickly used crow bar to free miner. The miner was immediately taken to the ER and it was discovered his knee and leg was broken.
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May 29, 2014
OK · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
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Cullum Equipment Services, Inc · Struck by falling object
Cullum Equipment Services, Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Employee was raising the leg of a lean-to shed with a cable come-a-long to place pipe under leg for a reinforcement brace. Pipe slipped and mashed thumb.
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