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Employee WAS WORKING ON SEPERATING THE OIL COOLER FROM THE RADIATOR ON A GRADALL XL-5110 WHEN A BOLT BROKE CAUSING EE'S RIGHT INDEX FINGER TO MAKE CONTACT WITH SHEET METAL. THE SHEET METAL LACERATED EE'S FINGER WHICH REQUIRED 6 STITCHES.
Miner was removing a snap ring from a crusher eccentric. It came apart with more force then expected and slapped the miner's finger against the wall of the eccentric. Causing laceration to the left pinky finger.
Miner attempted to lift a piece of conduit. It slipped through miner's hand. It had a rough spot and miner received a laceration to the right palm.
Miner dropped a screen panel onto forklift forks and lacerated their leg down the shinbone. Laceration approximately 6" in length.
Miners were assembling a mast to install on the roof bolter. The mast was laying on two saw horses. As they were installing the drive chain the mast rolled and the motor guard struck the miner on the shoulder.
A cone crusher hydraulic pump fell on to the miner, breaking and cut open the nose. And as the miner fell they hit a step on the back of a service truck breaking tail bone.
The miner was sliding a screen in place when his fingers slid down through through the openings and wedged against another screen. He lacerated and crushed the tip of his left ring finger.
The miner was shoveling under the crusher platform. He went took to big of a scoop and tried to push through the pile at the same time. He thought he pulled a muscle. Later he found out he had a hernia.
ruptured disc or ruptured muscle in his back when lifing a used screen panel onto a forklift.
Employee was helping the crew run a new electric cable down the bore hole into the mine. The cable restraining device came loose and caused the cable to whip and strike him in the leg.
EMPLOYEES WERE CARRYING A PIECE OF STEEL, ONE EE DROPPED HIS END & HIT INJURED IN THE ARM.
CRAWLING UNDER TRUCK ON GROUND TO GREASE TRUCK. TWISTED KNEE, DID NOT REALIZE HOW SERIOUS UNTIL RECENTLY.