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WORKER WAS INSTALLING SURVEY STATION SPADS IN ROOF AND HE DECIDED TO SCALE SMALL PIECE OF SHARP SANDSTONE DOWN WITH PICK HAMMER IN HIS LEFT HAND. WHILE DOING THIS HE RECEIVED A SMALL CUT TO LE FT THUMB WHICH REQUIRED A COUPLE OF STITCHES.
EE WAS USING A MECHANICAL COMEALONG TOOL TO INSTALL NEW MOTOR IN PUMP AND WHILE RELEASING THE TENSION ON THE COMEALONG, IT SLIPPED AND CAUGHT EE'S LEFT THUMB BETWEEN IT AND THE PUMP FRAME CAUS ING A LARGE LACERATION TO HIS LEFT THUMB. EE WENT TO DR. AT END OF HIS SHIFT WHERE IT WAS EXAMINED AND HE WAS PLACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY.
WORKER WAS USING A MAKE SHIFT TYPE PRY BAR (ROOF BOLT) TO HELP HOLD RUB RAIL IN PLACE ON A CONTIMINING MACHINE UNTIL IS COULD BE SECURED IN PLACE WORKERS HANDS SLIPPED DOWN THE ROOF BOLT RESUL TING IN WORKER STRIKING OR JAMING FINGER AGAINSTEDGE OF RUB RAIL XRAY NAGITIVE BRUISED & SWELLING OF FINGERNAIL RING FINGER LEFT HAND (SWELLING DRAINED) NO LOST TIME NO RESTRICTIONS
WORKER WAS USING A MAKE SHIFT TYPE HANDLE IN A COME-A-LONG.THE HANDLE WAS NOT PROVIDED WITH A HOLDING LOCK PIN TO SECURE THE HANDLE TO COME-A-LONG.WHILE RELEASING COME-A-LONG THE HANDLE SLIPP ED AND WORKER CAUGHT HAND IN FRAME OF COME-A-LONG.BROKEN RT THUMB AND 4 STITCHES PLACED ON RESTRICTED WORK DUTY MISSED 1 DAY WORK.
WORKER HIT LEFT INDEX FINGER WITH HAMMER WHILE HANGING LINE CANVAS ON 6-9-95. IT LATER BECAME INFECTED ON 6-14-95 HE WENT TO CLINIC WHERE THEY GAVE HIM ANTI-BIOTICS FOR THE INFECTION. LATER ON 6-17-95 HE HAD TO GO TO EMERGENCY ROOM TO HAVE THE FINGER LANCED OPEN TO RELIEVE THE INFECTION. NO LOST DAYS WERE INCURRED FROM THE EVENTS.
WORKER WAS DRIVING HELPER PIN OUT OF CAT PAD ON CONT. MINER WITH PUNCH AND BALLPINE HAMMER WHEN THE HAMMER GLANCED OFF THE PUNCH AND STRUCK HIM IN THE LEFT WIRST WHICH CAUSED A LUMP AFTER A DA Y. POSSIBLE ANEURYSM.
WORKER WAS TRIMMING RUBBER POWER CABLE BACK WITH UTITLITY KNIFE IN LEFT HAND WHEN KNIFE SLIPPED BACK BUTTING PALM OF RIGHT HAND. WORKER WAS TAKEN TO HOSPTIAL WHERE STICHES WERE ADMINSTERED TO HAND. 1ST DAY OFF WAS 6-22-94.
MAN WAS USING A SLEDGE HAMMER TO POUND ON A PIN ON THE RIPPER CHAIN OF A JOY MINER. A PIECE OF METAL DISLODGED FROM THE PIN AND STRUCK THE MAN IN THE RIGHT CHEST. THE PIECE OF METAL PUNCTURED AND LODGED IN THE MAN'S RIGHT CHEST.
MAN WAS CHANGING THE COUPLER AT THE CRUSHER OF THE SIMMONS RAN DFEEDER. THE WRENCH SLIPPED OFF THE BOLT HEAD AND THE MAN STRUCK HIS LEFT HAND AGAINST THE FEEDER MOTOR CAUSING A FRACTURE OF TH E LEFT HAND POSTERIOR TO THE LEFT INDEX FINGER.
WORKER WAS USING A CHISEL AND A HAMMER ON THE KEEPR PORTION OF A CONVEYOR CHAIN LIN FOR A CONTINUOUS MINER WHEN A SMALL PORTION OF THE KEEPER BROKE OFF AND STRUCK HIS LEFT EYE AND INJURED IT. WORKER HAD SAFETY GLASSES ON, BUT THE SIDESHIELDS WERE REMOVED ON THE. DOCTOR'S SAY IT IS TOO EARLY TO EVALUATE EYE YET.
WORKER WAS USING POGO STICKS TO INSTALL LINE CANVAS WHERE THE MINE ROOF AND BOTTOM WHERE WET AND SLIPPERY AND BECAUSE THEY ARE SPRING LOADED ONE OF THEM SLIPPED STRIKING HIM IN THE MOUTH AND B REAKING OFF HIS RIGHT FRONT TOOTH.
MAKING SPLICE STRIKING THE CRIMPING TOOL WITH A HAMMER A SM PC OF STEEL CRIMPING TOOL ENTERED L THUMB
WORKER HAD THE FRONT END OF HIS GOLF CART SUSPENEDED IN THE AIR BY A CHAIN HOIST WHILE HE WAS WORKING ON THE MASTER CYLINDER AND THE TRAM MECHANISM. THE RETURN SPRING FOR THE TRAM WAS UNHOOKED AND THE TRAM LEVER WAS SLIGHTLY UP. WHEN HE LOWERED THE CHAIN HOIST ITS COUNTER WEIGHT BUMPED THE TRAM SELECTOR INTO FORWARD.
WORKER WAS PRYING BRASS SHIM OUT OF ROOF BOLTER WITH A 18" PRY BAR WHEN IT SLIPPED AND HIT HIM O
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING EDGE OF POWER CENTER FROM TRUCK TO FRONT END LOADER BUCKET WITH PRY BAR WHEN HE PULLED MUSCLES IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EE WAS TRIMMING INSULATION OFF OF POWER WIRE WITH A ULITILY KNIFE WHEN IT SLIPPED AND CUT HIS LEFT THUMB.
INJURED EE WAS WORKING ON CONTINUOUS MINER COAL CAHIN WITH OTHER EE WAS STRIKING A METAL PUNCH THAT INJURED EE WAS HOLDING OTHER SLEDGE HAMMER GLANCED OFF OF THE METAL AND CAUGHT INJURED EE LE FT LITTLE FINGER BETWEEN THE HAMMER AND THE TAILOF THE MINER.
EMPLOYEE WAS BUILDING A BRIDGE OUT OF X-BARS AND WAS HITTING X-BARS WITH HAMMER WHEN THE HAMMER SLIPPED AND EMPLOYEE STRUCK HIMSELF IN THE LEFT NKLE.
WORKER WAS LIFITING GOLF CART BY PRYING ON BUMPER USING FULCRUM PRY METHOD OF LIFTING BY STANDING ON BELT ROLLER TO PRY WITH BUMPER BROKE ON BOLF CART WHILE HE WAS PYRING & IT SUDDENLY JOLTED LOWER BACK. HE WENT TO DR WHICH ONLY REVEALED SLIGHT SPRAIN. WORKER WENT BACK TO DR ON 5/13/91 WHICH NOW REVEALS RUPTURED DISC.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING & PRYING UP A LID ON THE CONTINUOUS MINER WITH A LARGE SCREWDRIVER WHEN IT SLIPPED OFF OF HIS PRY POINT & CAME BACK & STRUCK HIM IN THE RIGHT EYE CUTTING HIS EYELID &BRUIS ING THE WHITE PART OF THE EYE
THERE WAS A ROCK JAMMED UNDER THE SEAT OF THE CONTINUOUS MINER AND THE FOREMAN BENT DOWN ADN WAS TRYING TO BREAK THE ROCK WITH HIS HAMMER TO GET IT FREE AND HE PULLED OR TWISTED SOME MUSCLES I N HIS LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS PRYING CANOPY IN PLACE TO WELD IT ON JOY 14CM5 MINER WITH A ROCK BAR WHEN THE ROCK BAR SLIPPED. THIS CAUSED EMPLOYEE TO TWIST HIS LEFT SHOULDER AND RIB CAGE W HERE HE EXPERIENCE D PAIN IN THESE AREAS.
EMPLOYE WAS TIG2TENING UP BOLTS ON ELECTRICAL PANEL ON MINER WITH A RATCHET WRENCH WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER LEFT BACK AND COULD NOT STRAIGHTEN UP.
EMPLOYEE WAS IN3THE PROCESS OF CHANGING BAD ROLLERS OUT ON BELT WHILE IT WAS STUFFED I.NAME WAS USING A STANDARD R OCK BAR T O PRY UPON TOP BELT SO I.NAME COULD INSTALL A TOP R OLLER R OCK B AR LOSTG ITS G9 IP & SLIPPED WHILE I.NAME WAS INSTGALLING R OLLER ROCK BAR THEN STRUCK I.NAME ON FACE IN THE AREA OF RT.EYE
MINE ROOF WAS W2RKING IN THIS AREA & EMPLOYEE WAS SETTING ADDITIONAL TIMBER TO H OLD ROOF FROM FALLING WHILE SAWING TIMBER HAND SAW JUMPED OUT OF THE SAW GROVE & CUT THE TOP OF EMPLOYEES HAND
EMPLOYEE WAS CU7TING BELT WITH HIS UTILITY KNIFE TO COMPLETE A SPLICE WHEN THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND CAME BACK CUTTING EMPLOYEES RIGHT THIGH.
EMPLOYEE WAS CU7TING PLASTIC BANDS ON RESIN PALLETS WITH A UTILITY KNIFE WHEN KNIFE SLIPPED BACKAND CUT HIS LEFT LEG
EMPLOYEE WAS MAKING BELT SPLICE. WHILE WORKING COME A LONG, ROPE BROKE CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO BALL BACKWARDS TWISTING AND BREAKING HIS LEG.