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THIS MAN WAS RE1AIRING A 2" WATERLINE REPLACING A 20' SECTION OF STEEL PIPE THAT HUNG NEAR THE ROOF. AS HE WAS ATTACHING ONE END THE OTHER END CAME OUT OF ITS BRACKET FALLING TO THE FLOOR. WH EN IT BOUNCED T2E FIRST END HIT THE M AN IN THE FACE CAUSING A LACERATION ON HIS FOREHEAD REQUIRING SUTURING & F RACTURING HIS NOSE.
AS THIS MAN WAS3WALKING BELTLINE HE FOUND A PIECEOF ROCK ON BELT APPROX 1X3X2 HE PULLED ROCK OFF THE BELT AS IT FELL IT HIT THE BELT SUPPORT CABLE ROLLED OVER AND FELL EDGE FIRST ON HIS FOOT H HE WORKED THAT 8HIFT AND HIS NEXT SHIFT THEN SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION FOR A FRACTURED RT FOOT
AS THIS MAN WAS3REMOVING A VENT TUBE HANGING FROM THE ROOF A PIECE OF TIE WIRE SCRAPED ACROSS HIS RT EYE CAUSING A MINOR CORNEAL LACERATION
AS HE PICKED A 2EAVY PIECE OF COAL OFF S&S CAR,THE COAL BROKE AND SEVERAL SMALL PIECES WENT INTO HIS RIGHT EYE.
POURING HYDRAUL3C OIL FROM 5 GALLON CAN INTO MACHINE RESERVOIR PULLED TENDON IN RT SHOULDER
PULLING VENT CU9TAIN OUT FROM UNDER COAL PILE AND TWISTED HIS BACK LOW BACK PAIN
TWO MEN PICKED 6P A MINER GATHERING ARM, TO PLACE IT ON WOOD BLOCKS FOR REPAIR WORK. AS THEY SET IT DOWN, IT SLIPPED FROM THE MAN S GRIP AND SMASH HIS THUMB UNDER IT. RESULT WAS NAIL AVULSION AND LACERATION3OF THUMB REQUIRING SUTURING.
ATTEMPTING TO PULL BOUND UP AUGER STEEL FROM HOLE IN ROOF WHEN SUDDEN PAIN OCCURRED IN NECK AND SHOULDER SIMILAR INJURY 1-84 PROBABLY REINJURY OF SAME
AS HE WAS WORKING ON A SHUTTLE CAR HIS LEFT AHNDWAS RESTING ON THE CABLE REEL COMPARTMENT EDGE THE COMPARTMENT LID FELL CLOSED STRIKING HIS HAND RESULT WAS 2 MINOR LACERATIONS AND THREE BROKE N BONES IN THE BACK OF HIS LEFT HAND
SMALL LACERATION ON RIGHT INDEX FINGER RESULTING IN INFECTION AND HOSPITALIZATION FOR ANTIBIOTIC TREATMENT.
AS THE MAN WAS ROTATING THE DYRER DRUM BY HAND TO FIND A SPOT THAT WAS RUBBING THE FRAME HE PINCHED HIS HAND BETWEEN THE DRUM 3& A STEEL WIPER ON THE OUTSIDE OFT H E DRUM. RESULT WAS A L ACERATION & FRACUTRE OF THE MIDDLE FINGER RIGHT HAND BETWEEN THE FINGER NAIL & THE 1ST JOINT.
FOLLOWING A FULL SHIFT OF SHOVELING ON THE UNDERGROUND BELTLINE THIS MINER FOUND A SMALL BULGE IN HIS LOW ABDOMEN WHEN SHOVELING HE HAS NO KNOWLEDGE OF AN ACTUAL ACCIDENT & NOTICED NO PARTICUL AR PAIN DURING THIS OR PREVIOUS SHIFTS DOC DIAGNOSE AN INGUINAL HERNIA THAT MAY REQUIRE FUTURE SURGICAL REPAIR NO LIST TIME AT THIS TIME
DOING REPAIR WORK IN WASHBOX ' PREP PLANT, MINER WAS LIFTING AND PULLING HEAVY STEEL PLATES INSIDE A SMALL ENCLOSED SPACE, WHEN LOW BACK PAIN DEVELOPED. SPRAIN/STRAIN IN LOW BACK.
SUDDENT PAIN IN LOW BACK DEVELOPED WHILE SHOVELING COAL ONTO BELTLINE CONVEYOR.
LOW BACK PAIN DEVELOPED WHILE LIFTING CARRYING MATERIALS IN SECTION.
MECHANIC WORKING ON MINER CUT ARM ON SHARP PIECE OF ROCK.
EE WAS DOING CLEANUP WORK ON BELTLINE SHOVELING COAL FROM THE FLOOR ONTO THE BELT. IN DOING SO SHE SWUNG COAL ACROSS THE FRONT OF HER BODY UP HIGH ONTO BELT & IN TWISTING HER BODY TO THROW TH E SHOVELFUL OF COAL SHE TWISTED HER KNEE.
KNEELING BESIDE CONTINUOUS MINER ASSISTING MECHANIC WITH REPAIRS, A SMALL (1" SQ.) PIECE OF COAL WAS KNOCK OFF MINER STRIKING HIM IN THE LEFT EYE CAUSING A CONJUNCTIVAL ABRASION
CAUGHT RIGHT WRIST ON BUR ON BELT ROLLER HE WAS CARRYING RESULTING IN 1 INCH LACERATION TO WRIST REQUIRING SUTURING.
REPAIRING BELTLINE TAILPIECE-LIFTED TAIL ROLLER. DEVELOPED PAIN IN LOW ABDOMEN AND GROIN. ORIGINALLY THOUGHT TO BE STRAIN-LATER DIAGNOSED AS HERNIA.
MAN LEANED OVER HANDRAIL TO RELEASE HAND-BRAKE ON SEQUENTIAL AUTOMATIC LOADING DEVICE. IN THE PROCESS OF LEANING OVER THE RAIL WHILE PULLING THE BRAKE HANDLE, THE MAN PULLED AND TWISTED HIS BA CK-APPARENTLY REINJURING AN OLD BACK PROBLEM.
EE WAS UNCAPPING HOT RADIATOR TO SEE IF IT NEEDED WATER. WHEN LID WAS REMOVED STEAM, HOT WATER, ANTIFREEZE,ETC. BLEW OUT THE OPENING INTO HER FACE & ON HER RIGHT ARM. 1ST DEGREE BURNS OF ENT IRE FACE & INSIDE HALF OF HER RIGHT FOREARM WITH 2ND DEGREE BURNS ON BOTH EYELIDS & 3 PLACES ON THE RIGHT ARM.
CLEANING ROCK OFF CONT. MINER, WHEN ROCK FELL STRIKING EMPLOYEE IN THE MOUTH. CHIPPED FACE FO UPPPER LEFT FRONT TOOTH.