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WHILE REPLACING A KNOCKOFF BOLT THE WRENCH CAME OFF AND LANDED ON INJURED'S RIGHT INDEX FINGER RESULTING IN A SIMPLE FRACTURE.
PLACING A PIECE OF STEEL TO WELD, LINED TI UP & HIT THE PIECE WITH A HAMMER & A CHIP FLEW & WENT INTO LEFT THUMB.
CLEANING CONOSION OFF PARTS WITH KNIFE THE BLADE OF THE KNIFE CLOSED ON INDEX FINGER
WHILE MAKING A BELT SPLICE, A PIECE OF STEEL CHIPPED OFF HAMMER-STRIKING HIM IN LOWER CORNER OF LEFT EYE. EE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASES AT THE TIME.
USING SLATE BAR TO INSTALL CHAIN ON MINER AND SLATE BAR SLIPPED HITTING EE IN RIBS.
WHILE PULLING #1 BELT TOGETHER WITH GERMAN HOIST, EE HURT BACK, PAIN CAME ON GRADUALLY.
WHILE SPLICING A SHUTTLE CAR CABLE,THE EMPLOYEES KNIFE SLIPPED OFF TH E CASING AND LACERATED HIS RIGHT FINGER.THE EMPLOYEE COMPLETED HIS SHIFT AND WENT TO MON GENERAL ER.NO SUTURES WERE ADMINI STERED ALTHOUGH A TETANUS SHOT WAS GIVEN.
THE EMPLOYEE HAD PERPARED A BELT TO BE SPLICED BY USING A GERMAN HOIST. THE GERMAN HOIST SLIPPED JUST AS THE EMPLOYEE HAD BEGUN TO RIVET THE BETL. THE HOIST STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE ON THE RIGHT FOREARM CAUSING A CONTUSION.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS USING A GERMAN HOIST IN PREPARATION FOR A BELT SPLICE AS THE BELT TIGHTENED THE HOIST HANDLE SLIPPED STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE IN THE CHEST THE EMPLOYEE HAD DR APPOINTMENT THE FOLLOWING DAY WAS SUBSEQUENT TO THE START OF HIS SHIFT ALL X-RAYS WERE NEGATIVE THE DR PRESCRIGED A PAIN MEDICATION
THE EMPLOYEE INADVERTENTLY CUT HIS LEFT THUMB WHEN THE KNIFE HE WAS USING TO SPLICE CABLE SLIPPED.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS REPAIRING A CONVEYOR CHAIN AT THE BOOM OF A CONTINUOUS MINER WHILE ATTEMPTING TO STRIKE THE CHAIN IN PLACE WITH A HAMMER IT BECAME UNFASTENED AND STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE ON THE S HIN
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A GEAR FROM A SHAFT BY STRIKING IT WITH A BALL PEAN HAMMER. A SMALL PIECE OF THE GEAR CHIPPED OF AND WAS IMBEDDED IN EMPLOYEES FINGER. THE FRAGMENT WAS RMEOVED AT THE HOS PITAL. THE EMPLOYEE HAD AN ALLERGIC REACTION TO THE PERSCRIBED MEDICATION.
EMP. WAS JACKING BELTINE FOR CLEARANCE WHEN THE JACKHANDLE SLIPPED AND STRUCK HIM IN THE FACIAL AREA. SUCTURES ABOVE LEFT EYE.
HAMMERING METAL PEICE OF METAL WENT INTO LEFT EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS ST9IKING A HAMMER WITH ANOTHER HAMMER TO REMOVE BITS WHEN A PIECE OF METAL WAS LODGED IN HIS LEFT UPPER ARM
EMPLOYEE WAS RE1LACING COMPONENT ON BELT DRIVE WHILE TIGHTENING BOLTS EMPLOYEE STRAINED HIS BACKEMPLOYEE DID NOT NOTIFY MANAGEMENT OF INJURY UNTIL 122887
EMPLOYEE WAS LO2SENING FROZEN TURN BUCLES AND WHILE USING A CRESENT WRENCH AS A LEVERAGE GAIN THE WRENCH SLIPPED OFF THE TURN BUCKLE AND EMPLOYREE STRAINED HIMSELF.EMPLOYEE SAID HE FELT A BURN ING PAIN IN HIS3GROIN AREA.(EMPLOYEE DIDN'T GO HOME EARLY OR MISS ANY WORK DAYS WORK BECAUSE OF THIS INJURY UNTIL 11-30-87.)
HE WAS ON HIS K3EES SHOVELING ALONG 4A BELT AND WHEN HE GOT UP HE COULD NOT PUT WIEGHT ON HIS KNEE. HE STATED THAT HE HAD NOT BUMPED OR TWISTED IT.
I,NAME WAS CUTT3NG A PIECE OF WATER DISCHARGE HOSE WITH A KNIFE. WHILE HOLDING THE WATER HOSE WITH HIS LEFT HAND AND CUTTING WITH HIS RIGHT THE RIGHT HAND SLIPPED OFF THE WATER HOSE ANDHE CUT HIS LEFT HAND 4PALM OF HAND).
THE INJURED STA7ED HE BUMPED HIS ELBOW WHILE PRYING.HE DID NOT REPORT THE INJURY UNTIL 05/06/87. LITTLE FALLS MINING IS CURRENTLY QUESTIONING THIS CLAIM WITH THE WV WORKER'S COMPENSATION FUND.