The employee was cutting a plastic band from a bundle of roof bolts using a Schefield lock-blade knife. He had placed the knife under the plastic band and was pulling toward himself when the knife struck him in the lower lip resulting in a laceration to his lip requiring six stitches to close the wound.
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Showing all 6EE was shoveling belt with his foot, positioned between two plastic water lines,when he twisted his right knee.(EE had returned to work on 4/3/08 from an accident on 2/29/08 concerning his knee,worked 9hrs on 4/30/08 and 4hrs on 5/1/08,then came out of mine and reported to supervisor that his knee was bothering him again.
The EE was attempting to put a wheel unit on a shuttle car. He was pulling the wheel unit onto the shuttle car with a come-a-long, when unit turned over. He placed one end of a 48" piece of drill steel through one of the lug nut holes and attempted to upright the wheel unit. As he was prying, he stood up and the drill steel came out and he fell against the shuttle car.
Jacked JB Long three-wheeler up. He was letting jack back down; bar slipped out of his hand and came up, catching him under his chin cutting him.
I-Beam was lifted and employee was cleaning dirt off of it. The lifting clamp slipped off and I-beam fell, striking employee on foot.
DURING THE SHIFT A BELT SPLICE HAD TO BE MADE INT HE NO.1 BELT, THE INJURED AND 2 OTHER EE WERE SENT TO MAKE A BELT SPLICE. AFTER ALIGNINING AND TYING OFF THE BELT, THE INJURED EE BEGAN CUTTIN G THE BELT TO MAKE A NEW SPLICE. THE TOP BELT BEING SPLICED WAS LYING ONT HE BOTTOM BELT AND THE EE WAS REACHING UNDER THE BELT RAILING TO CUT THE BELT. AS THE EE CUT THRU THE BELT WITH A UTI