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Injured was making a splice on a cable, when the knife slipped and cut left hand. Injured was taken to hospital and received 6 stitches for injury.
Injured was swinging a sledge hammer and strained a muscle in lower back, on 11/9/2017 injured was seen by doctor and prescribed a muscles relaxer for back.
The injured was in the process of changing miner bits when a bit was struck with a hammer and a piece broke off hitting the injured in the hand. The injured had to have a small piece of metal surgically removed from the hand.
Injured was using a hammer to drive in a guard plate on a 345 excavator. As he swung the hammer he missed the plate and hit a bar. The bar bounced up and hit his finger causing a laceration. Stiches were needed to close the laceration
Injured was driving a pin in a rub rail. The hammer broke and cut his hand
Injured was hanging a curtain. As he was driving the nails with a hammer to hang the curtain he hit his finger causing a fracture.
Injured suffered a laceration on his pinky finger after hitting it with a hammer. The laceration required stitches making this a reportable incident.
The employee was changing bits on a continuous miner. A piece of steel hit his hand and on 10/16/2014 injured went to the Dr. and a piece of steel was found imbedded in his hand. Injured had surgery on 10/20/2014 to remove the sliver of steel imbedded in his hand and was placed on restricted duty.
The employee was using a hammer to bust a steel band on a pallet of blocks. The band snapped back and cut his knuckle causing a laceration.
Injured was cutting bands off of a stack of roof mats. As he cut the band it snapped back cutting his right thumb.
The employee was working on a battery coal hauler. As he was removing a bolt from the panel his wrench slipped causing his hand to slide across a steel tag cutting his hand. He received 7 stitches to close the wound.
The employee was changing an articulating jack on a battery coal hauler. He put his finger in the pin hole to line it up as another employee was holding the jack with a rock bar. The bar slipped while his finger was in the pin hole and the jack fell cutting his finger.
The employee was changing a duel on a pan. As he was aligning the nut and bolt his helper tightened the bolt catching his thumb between the bolt and frame of the pan. This resulted in a small fracture to his thumb.