THE EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON A CONTINUOUS MINER WITH A HAMMER,BREAKING A CHAIN FOR REPAIR.WHILE HITTING THE CHAIN WITH A HAMMER A PIECE OF METAL FLEW OFF AND INTO HIS RIGHT THIRD FINGER.THE EMP LOYEE WENT TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM AND HAD THE METAL EXTRACTED AND SUTURED.
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Showing all 13SHOVELING ON BELT, IT HIT UP HIT IN MOUTH CHIPPING TOOTH
CHANGING MOTOR ON MINER RACHET SLIPPED OF BOLT AND STRUCK KNEE.
MARKING BELT WITH BELT KNIFE. KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT HIS LEFT LEG.
GOT A PIECE OF STEEL IN HIS LEFT EYE.
BUILDING A TEMPORY STOPPING IN #5 ENTRY. HIT HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER WITH A HAMMER.
I.NAME USING WRENCH.IT SLIPPED CAUSING HIT HEAD AGAINST TOP.
CUTTING BELT-CONVEYOR-WHEN HE CUT RIGHT LEG WITH RAZOR BLADE.
I,NAME WAS GREASING ON CONVEYOR BELT DRIVE OUTSIDE HE TOLD ME THAT THE GREASE GUN HE WAS USING QUIT WORKING & HE SLUNG IT HITTING HIS LITTLE FINGER ON HIS RIGHT HAND ON SOME PART OF THE CONVEY OR DRIVE, CONTRIBUTING TO BREAKING HIS FINGER.
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A BEARING RAIL FROM A HUB WHEN HE MISSED THE PUNCH AND HIT HIS THUMB WITH A HAMMER, RSULTING IN A DEEP SPLIT IN HIS THUMB.
THE INJURED WAS WORKING ON APINNING MACHINE WHEN AWRENCH SLIPPED OUT OF HIS AHND AND HIT HIS ELBOW.
I NAME WAS CUTT3NG BELT IN PREPARATION FOR A SPLICE WHEN HIS UTILITY KNIFE BLADE CAME OUT OF HIS KNIFE HANDLE AND CUT HIS FINGER HE WAS TAKEN HOME AND LATER TO THE MEDICAL CENTER FOR STITCHES.
I.NAME WAS SPLI7ING A PUMP LINE IN THE #5 ENTRY. AT THIS TIME THE UTILITY KNIFE HE WAS USING, SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND AND LACERATED THE MIDDLE A