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REMOVING BOLT WITH SPINNER WRENCH IT SLIPPED OFF BOLT STRUCK HIM ABOVE R EYE
SAWING TIMBER IN #1 ENTRY WITH BUCKSAW. SAW JUMPED OUT OF TIMBER, CUT INDEX FINGER ON LEFT HAND. SAW HIT PIECE OF BARK, KICKED OUT OF TIMBER.
REMOVING BELT CLAMPS HITTING WITH HAMMER, PC OF METAL CAME OFF HIT HIM IN L ARM
TIGHTENING JACK ON BELT CONVEY JACK SLIPPED A NOTCH, JACK AHNDLE STRUCK HIM IN RIBS
TRAINING BELT BY TIGHTEWNING L JACK ON TAIL PC JACK JUMPED TOOTH HANDLE OF JACK FLEW BACK HIT CHEST BRUISING CHEST MUSCLES ACROSS UPPER IBS ON L SIDE
DRIVING PUNCH BETWEEN SHIMMS ON RIPPER HEAD CHAIN TAKE UP HANDLE OF HAMMER CUAGHT IN CLOTHING CAUSING HAMMER TO MISS PUNCH AND FINGER STRIKING PUNCH BETWEEN HANDLE OF HAMMER CUTTING FINGER.
WHILE TIGHTENING A BOLT ON SCOOP WRENCH SLIPPED OFF BOLT HEAD STRIKING HAND ON FRAME OF SCOOP KNOCKING LITTLE FINGER OUT OF JOINT ON RT HAND
A ROOF BOLT STICKING DOWN FROM MMINE ROOF ABOUT 5"TO 6" THE INJURED THOUGHT HE SHOULD BEND THE BOLT SO NO ONE WOULD COME WALKING BY AND STRIKE THEIR HEAD ON THE BOLT,SO TAKING THE WRENCH FROM HIS MACHINE HE STRUCK THE BOLT WITH WRENCH AND THE WRENCH BOUNCED BACK STRIKING HIM ABOVE THE RIGHT EYE.
I.NAME WAS CLEANING A HUB ON THE 50 T CLINE - A PIECE OF RUST GOT IN HIS EYE BUT IT CAME BACK OUT ALRIGHT AT THE TIME IT DIDNT SEEM TO CAUSE A PROBLEM. THAT NIGHT IT STARTED BOTHERING HIM SO H E WENT TO THE DR ON 6-5-84