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SPLICING #1 BELT AND CUT LEFT HAND PALM BELOW THUMB WHILE CUTTING BELT.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING UTILITY KNIFE TO CUT CONVEYORBELT.KNIFE SLIPPED OFF BELT AND EMPLOYEE CUT LEG.
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CUT CONVEYOR WITH HAND HELD UTILITY KNIFE THE KNIFE WENT THROUGH THE BELTING AND INTO EMPLOYEES UPPER LEG.
DRIVING BUSHING IN SHEAR JACK ON MINER A PIECE OF METAL BROKE OFF CHISEL AND THE METAL CHIP IMBEDDED IN LEFT EAR.
MINER CONVEYOR CHAIN WAS RIDING OVER COAL LODGED IN BOOM WHILE CLEANING COAL SEAM FROM HE STRAINED HIS BACK LIFTING CHAIN WITH A SLATE BAR.
CHANGING MINER BITS WITH A HAMMER. A CHIP CAME OFF THE HEAD OF HAMMER IMBEDDING IN 1ST KNUCKLE OF INDEX FINGER OF RIGHT HAND. ONLY FIRST AID AND X-RAY WAS GIVEN ON FIRST DOCTOR VISIT. METAL CH IP WAS REMOVED ON 11/24/92.
CLEANING UP BEHIND BELTHEAD. HEAVY SLUDGE STUCK TO SHOVEL CAUSING EE S HAND TO STRIKE BELT CHAIN.
REPAIRING WATERLINE ON CONTINUOUS MINER,CHIP CAME OFF HAMMER HEAD STRIKING RIGHT FOREARM.
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING OUTER JACKET OF 4/0 CABLE IN ORDER TO MAKE A PERMANENT SPLICE. AS EMPLOYEE WAS USING A UTILITY KNIFE HIS HAND SLIPPED CAUSING KNIFE TO SLIDE ACROSS HIS OFF HAND.
DRIVING PIN OUT OF BELT SPLICE, PIECES OF METAL CAME OFF HEAD OF HAMMER STRIKING INDEX FINGER OF LEFT HAND.