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Employee was jacking a belt drive up when the handle of jack flew up and struck employee on right eyebrow and forehead.
Employee was tightening belt with a com-a-long while his co-worker was doing same on his side of belt when the co-worker's chain broke permitting his chain to strike the employee on back of left hand.
Employee was pulling rock down with bar when he experienced pain in right shoulder. Employee continued working until he was placed on restricted duty effective 08/19/2009 now making this reportable.
Employee was sledging on a ripper tooth, when a piece of the tooth broke off, entering lower left leg. Employee did not miss any work, however; he did seek medical treatment, which makes this a reportable accident.
Employee was attempting to punch a hole in a piece of belt for a date board when the employee swung the hammer to strike punch and missed striking his left hand. The employee did not miss any work however he received four (4) sutures thus making this accident report a medical.
Employee was cutting belt when the knife slipped thus lacerating left middle finger.Employee did not miss any work however he did receive sutures making this accident reportable.
The injured employee and a co-worker were prying a piece of rock with a rock bar off the push arm of a dozer when the rock rolled back on the rock bar thus causing the rock bar to come out of employee's grasp permitting the rock bar to come down on shin causing a laceration. Employee did not miss any work however he did receive 9 sutures.
Employee was loosening a bolt when a burr off of the bolt struck his eye. Employee did not miss any work however the course of treatment makes this report a medical.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A PRY BAR TO ASSIST IN CHANGING OUT A ROLLER ON THE STACKER BELT WHEN BAR SLIPPED STRIKING HIM ON THE RIGHT FOOT
EE WAS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY OF A COWORKER WHO WAS HAMMERING ON A PIN WHEN A METAL SLIVER BROKE OFF, FLYING INTO EE'S LEFT EYE.
WHILE EE WAS CUTTING CLIP OFF BELT SPLICE TO PULL PIN, THE KNIFE SLIPPED OFF, LACERATING HIS LEFT LEG. EE DID NOT MISS ANY WORK. HOWEVER, HE DID RECEIVE SUTURES, THUS MAKING THIS REPORT A MEDICAL.
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING BELT STRINGS OUT OF TAIL ROLLER WITH HOOK KNIFE, SLIPPED AND CUT SIDE OF LEFT THUMB REQUIRING SUTURES.
While checking roof employees hammer slipped striking EE in the mouth chipping his tooth. He went to the dentist on 03/17/04 to get work done making this report a medical.
EE WAS STRIKING CHISTLE WITH A HAMMER WHEN CHISTLE BOUNCED STRIKING EE'S EYEBROW. LACERATION REQUIRED STITCHES THEREFORE MAKING THIS A REPORTABLE MEDICAL ACCIDENT.
CHANGING BITS ON MINER - KNOCKING BROKEN BIT OUT OF INSERT WHEN HE STRUCK HIS LEFT HAND WITH HAMMER PUNCTURING HAND. RECEIVED SUTURES THUS MAKING THIS REPORT A MEDICAL.
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING RUBBER MAT WHEN CUTTER SLIPPED CAUSING LACERATIONS TO LEFT HAND. THIS INJURY REQUIRED 8 STITCHES MAKING THIS REPORT A MEDICAL.
EE WAS KNOCKING OUT OLD CONCRETE WALL WHEN BLOCK DISLODGED FROM TOP ROW STRIKING EE ON 3RD FINGER OF LEFT HAND. INJURY WAS CRUSHING TYPE ALONG WITH A LACERATION REQUIRING STITCHES, THEREFORE MAKING THIS REPORTABLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING MECHANIC, MECHANIC WAS STRIKING WRENCH WITH SLEDGE HAMMER IN AN ATTEMPT TO LOOSEN BOLTS WHEN THE SLEDGE HAMMER GLANCED OFF WRENCH STRIKING THE EE ABOVE LEFT EYE.
EE WAS PULLING BELT WITH COME A LONGS WHEN WELD BROKE ON TAKE-UP PERMITTING TAKE UP FRAME TO HIT KNEE.
A COWORKER WAS DRIVING A BOLT OUT OF PIPE FLANGE WITH ANOTHER BOLT AND HAMMER. THE INJURED EE TRIED TO CATCH THE BOLT THAT WAS BEING DRIVEN OUT AND AS HE REACHED FOR THE BOLT, THE BOLT POPPED THRU, STRIKING FINGER CAUSING A LACERATION THAT REQUIRED STITCHES.
EE WAS USING THE SCISSOR TOOL TO MAKE A BELT SPLICE. WHILE OPERATING THE TOOL HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN LOWER NECK/UPPER BACK AREA.
EE WAS CHANGING BITS OUT ON THE MINER WHEN HE FELT WAS SOMETHING BOUNCE OFF HIS HAND. ON 1-25-00 EE REQUESTED AN ACCIDENT REPORT BE MADE OUT. WE WERE ALSO NOTIFIED ON 1-25-00 THAT PIECE OF MET AL WAS FOUND IN FINGER.