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EE WAS JACKING UP TAILPIECE WITH SLATE BAR & LOST GRIP. SLATE BAR HIT HIM ON RIGHT CHEEK OF FACECAUSING A LACERATION
EE WAS TRIMMING A BELT SPLICE, WHEN KNIFE SLIPPED & PUNCTURED HIS INNER THIGH OF HIS LEFT LEG.
EE WAS MAKING A BELT SPLICE ON THE #5 BELT WHEN A METAL FRAGMENT BROKE OFF OF THE HAMMER HE WAS USING AND STRUCK HIS RIGHT EAR, IMBEDDING IT IN THE LOWER LOBE.
EMP WAS REMOVING A BEARING CUP FROM A COAL HAULER WHEEL UNIT WITH A HAMMEA AN PUNCH WHEN THE CUPSHATTERED SENDING METAL FRAGMENTS INTO HIS LEFT FOREARM.
OTHER EMPLOYEES WERE REPAIRING A PIN ON A BELT SPICE, WITH A HAMMER WHEN A PIECE OF THE HAMMER (METAL) CAME OFF AND EMBEDDED IN THE RIGHT FOREARM OF THE INJURED WHO WAS STANDING IN THE AREA.
INJURED WAS INSTALLING A BOTTOM BELT ROLLER ON THE #3 BELT. HE HAD PLACE A BAR UNDER THE TOP BELT SO HE COULD SET THE ROLLER FRAME ON THE BELT ROPE, WHEN THE BAR SLIPPED & STRUCK HIM ON THE LEFT SHOULDER & LEFT SIDE OF THE FACE.
PULLING JACK TO AN AREA WHERE HE COULD USE IT RAISE THE BELT AND FELT SHARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK OBTAINED LUMBAR SPRAIN.
TRIMMING BELT AND HAND SLIPPED KNIFE CUT AREA AROUND THUMB ON LEFT HAND.
PULLING BELT KNIFE & FELT SOMETHING PULL IN SIDE OF CHEST WENT TO DOCTOR AND WAS SAID TO HAVE A MUSCLE STRAIN.