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EE WAS TRYING TO PRY BELT UP WHEN HE COULD NOT GET ENOUGH LEVERAGE HE STOOD ON BAR TO GET MORE LEVERAGE AND BAR SLIPPED OUT HITTING HIM UNDER LEFT EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS KNOCKING CAT PIN OUT WITH HAMMER AND PUNCH WHEN HE MISSED PUNCHED AND HIT HIS LEFT HAND.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS REPOSITIONING A GUIDE ROD ON THE CONTINUOUS MINING MACHINE. THE GUIDE ROD BECAME "SNUG" TO THE FIT. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE CLAIMANT CLAIMS THAT HE GENTLY TAPPED THE GUIDE ROD WITH A HAMMER, RESULTING IN A SPLINTER OF STEEL PUNCTURING HIS EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING COME ALONGS TO PULL BELT BACK TOGETHER. WHILE DOING THIS HE STRAINED HIS NECK.
MEN WERE SETTING POSTS ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING UP A POST AND INJURED GOT TOO CLOSE AND WAS HIT IN THE MOUTH WITH THE AX.
I. NAME WAS SETTING JACK PIPE TO ANKOR THE TAILPC. AND IT SLIPPED OUT OF HOLE FELL AND SMASHED HIS RIGHT AND FINGER.