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Chain slipped causing puncture to right hand, requiring 16 stitches. Employee still off work
Working on installing a power link pin in the bucket at RH200 shovel. He had a 1400# power link pin secured to boom of his service truck & was swinging the bin with the boom on his service truck to the power link & he got his lt little finger caught between the pin & power link of machine while guiding the pin in the hole of the power link & mashed the end of lt little finger.
While trying to set an anchor pin for the highwall miner, the pin shifted, pinning the miner's hand between the pin and a box on the miner.
Unhooking hose from bin, hose flopped around, hitting EE's face.
Employee was striking a wear plate on the shovel bucket. When he struck the plate a piece of metal broke and struck him in the right upper leg.
Had removed the dozer hood to take the radiator out, when the heat shield slid down the exhaust stack and cut right thumb.