EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A SPAD INTO THE RIB TO SECURE A CURTAIN. SPAD WAS STARTED WITH SMALL TAPS FROM HAMMER. EMPLOYEE MOVED LEFT HAND FROM PROXIMITY OF SPAD AND STRUCK THE SPAD TO FORCEING HA MMER GLANCED OFF OF SPAD AND STRUCK LEFT INDEX FINGER.
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Salt Creek Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Salt Creek Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WAS DRIVING A PIN OUT OF A MACHINE USING A PUNCH AND TWO POUND HAMMER. EE STRUCK THUMB WITH HAMMER.
January 27, 1990
CO · Coal
laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Salt Creek Mining Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
JACKING UP THE COLLAPSABLE ROOF OF UG KITCHEN. KITCHEN APPEARED TO "BOTTOM OUT". REMOVED JACK AND WHILE REPLACING, KITCHEN FELL 18", PINNING FOOT BETWEEN JACK AND FLOOR. EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING S TEEL TOED RUBBER BOOTS.
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