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They were finishing a belt splice. EE was pounding the splice making sure all nails and splices were down. EE was feeling splice to make sure ends were down. EE got hit on the left ring finger with hammer.
He was cutting bands off of bundle of bolts. He turned and his right arm hit band cutting his arm.
Employee was using sledge hammer pounding gear on an belt reducer. Piece of metal went under safety glasses hit him in eye.
Swinging a sledge hammer and twisted Rt. shoulder #6 entry.
EE was cutting a piece of belt for skirting in tail piece on #2 belt and had belt laying across his leg.
Foreman was pulling S-Car off feeder with a 3/8" chain with hook's. The chain broke and hook sending 2' of chain 26' and hitting foreman in back.
EE was pulling a piece of belt with channel locks and they slipped and pulled right shoulder.
Employee using 3/4 drive ratchet to loosen bolts on mine head, ratchet slipped handle smashed finger between ratchet and frame of miner. Open fracture of left ring finger.
Jacking supply car on track, blocked car to free up second jack. Reached for jack and car slid off jack and smashed his finger.
Putting flights in feeder, prying chain to get flight put in. Bar slipped off edge and arm down and self. NOTE: Employee had surgery on 2-24-09. This was first day missed for injury.
Was cleaning up the work area at the end of the shift, (crew was spraying concrete).
Employee was jacking up mantrip to change tire, handle came out of jack hitting him under chin.
EE was using a long lever bar to gain mechanical advatage to turn over a belt scrapper. The bar slipped, striking the EE in the jaw.
Sawing a mine post with a bow saw and cut into his finger which he was holding the post with.
CUTTING COVER OFF ELECTRICAL CABLE AND KNIFE SLIPPED STABBING HIMSELF IN ARM.
CUTTING PIECE OF PVC PIPE WITH A UTILITY KNIFE, KNIFE SLIPPED & CUT HIS FINGER.
BEATING ON A CONNECTING LINK (CONVEYOR CHAIN) A SMALL PIECE OF METAL HIT HIS ARM. HE DID NOT GO TO THE DOCTOR TO HAVE IT REMOVED UNTIL 11/4/03.
BEATING ON A BUSHING IN HEAD JACK OF ROOF BOLTER AND HIT HIS RIGHT THUMB WITH A HAMMER.
SCRIBING BELT TO MAKE SPLICE ON MINE CONVEYOR BELT, KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT HIS THUMB.
MAN WAS STRIKING THE HEAD OF ONE HAMMER WITH ANOTHER. A PIECE OF THE HAMMER HEAD FLEW OFF HITTING HIM ON THE HAND. HE WENT TO ER AND GOT 6 STITCHES.
THE EE WAS CUTTING A CABLE TO MAKE A SPLICE WHENHE CUT HIS FINGERS
THE EE WAS HELPING TO LOOSEN THE COMALONG FROM THE BELT CLAMPS WHEN THE SUDENLY LET GO AND PINCHED HIS THUMB.
THE EE WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF BELT AND THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT HIS THUMB.
STRIKING METAL OBJECT WITH A HAMMER, A PIECE OF METAL FLEW OFF AND THRU HIS SAFETY GLASSES AND HITTING HIM IN HIS RT EYE.
THEY WERE SPLICING THE BELT AND THE EMPLOYEE WASHOLDING THE KNOCKER FOR ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WHEN HESTARTED TO REMOVE THE KNOCKER AND THE OTHER EMPLOYEE STARTED TO HIT IT AND CAUGHT HIS HAND ON TOP OF THE KNOCKER WITH AN AX.
THE EE WAS USING A UTILITY KNIFE TO CUT SCREEN THAT HE WAS PUTTING UP TO THE ROOF AND CUT HIS HAND.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS USING A HAMMER ON A WRENCH TO TIGHTEN BOLTS ON BUGGY. THE WRENCH HAD SLIPPED OFF ONCE OR TWICE AND HE WAS HOLDING THE WRENCH WITH ONE HAND AND SWUNG HIS HAMMER AND CUT HIS HAN D.