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While utilizing 2-1500 lb magnets to pick and place a dozer corner cutting edge, a mechanic recieved an angular laceration to jaw. A pry bar used to position the cutting edge holes with the holes of the dozer blade swung up when 1 magnet failed. The mechanic went to the emergency room and recieved 3 sutures and recieved a full release.

Employee was removing a lip shroud from a shovel bucket. A hammer was used to loosen the shroud. This caused a piece of metal from the bucket to strike the employee between the eyes causing a laceration.

Mechanic was loosening a hydralic hose fitting on a Caterpillar 16G blade. Using a 1/2 inch ratchet, six inch extension, and a crows foot open end wrench. When the hydralic fitting came loose. It caused the ratchet to come free from the extension. Which struck the employee in the left lateral tooth causing a break in the tooth.

Employee was working out of a bucket truck swinging a sledge hammer. When he swung the hammer to strike a pin he accidently pinched his left index finger between the handle of the sledge hammer and the lip of the bucket truck at the same time he struck the pin with his bottom hand holding the handle to the sledge hammer. He fractured his left ring finger.

Scrapping floor with scrapper (hand-held putty knife), had hand in front of scrapper - no gloves on - scrapper slipped, cut skin off tip of finger (index) and cut middle finger.

Employee was using a chipping hammer to remove a stuck bolt. He struck the chipping hammer with another hammer and a chip was propelled into the employee's left hand, dorsal side between the second and third metacarpal bones.

Employee was using a long bar to remove a rock out of crusher cone when he felt pain in his right shoulder.

While lifting a second intermediate propel shaft, the chain sling being used broke striking the employee on the forehead. The emplyee was wearing safety glasses and a hard hat at the time of the incident. The wound required sutures to close.

While removing a hydraulic cylinder from the boom of a coal unloader, a come-a-long was used to secure the cylinder to the boom as the cylinder pins were removed. After the pins were removed, the cylinder unexpectedly moved striking the employee on the left cheek. The employee received sutures to close the wound.

Work: Remove drag hitch extension pin using welded pulling eyes on bucket and pin with a 2 ton come-a-long. Employee was cleaning dirt from pin while it was under tension. Weld broke and he was struck in the face by the hook, clevis and eye. Laceration of upper lip required 8 stitches, with cleaning of abrasions to nose and cheek.

EE was loosening a hydraulic filter housing on an 830E haul truck company # 2039 when his chain wrench broke and the chain grazed (lacerated) his left cheek. He was taken to the campbell County Hospital & received 9 sutures to close the wound. Returned to work next reg. scheduled shift.

Employee receives wound on gloved left ring finger while pounding dozer tracks in place. Emergency personnel treated the wound and released the patient. Employee's wound became discolored over time and sought medical care. A metal sliver was removed and two sutures closed the incision.

Employee was cutting belting with a utility knife. He was cutting towards himself when the knife slipped and left a 1/2" laceration in his right thumb requiring 3 stitches.

The employee was loosening a bolt using a hammer wrench when the wrench slipped and caught his left ring finger between the wrench and the motor casing. The wound required stiches.

Employee was cutting tape off a cable when the box cutter he was using slipped and cut his (L) hand requiring stitches.

Employee unexpectedly placed finger in a hole between two pieces of steel while steel was struck by a 10lb sledge hammer, cutting off a portion of the index finger on the left hand.

EE WAS DRIVING A PIN INTO A SHOVEL TRACK USING A LARGE SLEDGE HAMMER AND STRAINED HIS BACK.

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PULL A METAL CHOKER OFF A RIPPER SHANK ON A 854 DOZER WITH A PRY BAR. THE PRY BAR SLIPPED OUT OF THE LOOP WHEN HE WAS APPLYING PRESSURE AND HE ROLLED HIS RIGHT ANKLE OVER AS HE FELL. EE FRACTURED HIS RIGHT ANKLE. HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL AND RECEIVED SURGERY TO REPAIR THE ANKLE.

The employee was using a wrench to loosen an injector hold down clamp on the engine of a 637E scraper engine. The clamp broke loose and the employee struck his tooth on the air cleaner mounting bracket breaking a tooth.

EE CLAIMS THAT WHILE INSTALLING A DRIVELINE ON A 793 HAUL TRUCK, THE WRENCH HE WAS USING FAILED CAUSING PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING SHEATHING FROM A PIECE OF 1" CABLE WITH A UTILITY KNIFE AND CUT THE MIDDLE FINGER OF HIS LEFT HAND REQUIRING 5 SUTURES. HE CAME BACK TO WORK THE SAME SHIFT WITH A FULL DR S. RELEASE.

EMPLOYEE HAD PRYED THE OUTSIDE BEAD BAND OFF OF A 23 1X26 TIRE, PULLED THE TUBE OUT AND STARTED TO PRY OFF THE INSIDED BEAD BAND WHEN THE BAR SLIPPED OUT HITTING HIM IN THE UPPER LIP. HIS LI P WAS CUT AND NEEDED STITCHES.

EE WAS PULLING A COTTER PIN WITH A PAIR OF CHANNEL LOCKS WHEN THE PLIERS SLIPPED OFF AND HIT HIM IN THE LIP AND SPLIT HIS LEFT UPPER LIP.

PRESSING A PIN INTO A DOZER FRAME WHEN THE BOLTS STRIPPED OUT OF FRAME, CAUSING THE ASSEMBLY TO FLY BACK, PINCHING FINGER BETWEEN THE BRACE AND JACK HANDLE. THIS RESULTED IN A FRACTURE OF THE FINGER TIP.

EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK IN THE RIGHT ELBOW BY THE HANDLE OF A COME-A-LONG HOIST. THIS CAUSED A LACERATION THAT REQUIRED TWO STITCHES.

INATTENTION TO ACTIVITY-LACERATION SUSTAINED WITH NO IMPAIRMENT.

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A BRAKE ON A 2800 SHOVEL. A CO-WORKER LOOSENED THE WRONG BOLT AND THE BRAKE FELL ON THE INJURED EMPLOYEE'S HAND.

USING ROTARY TABLE ON DRILLIG RIG TO BREAK CORE BIT FROM BARREL HAD 48" PIPE WRENCH JAW IN TABLE TO FORCE BIT TO TURN WITH TABLE ARTER BIT BROKE FROM BARREL, 48" PIPE WRENCH JAW BECAME WEDGED IN TABLE OPERATOR ATTEMPTED TO LIFT CORE BARRELL FROM TABLE TO DISLODGE JAW. EE GRABBED AT JAW, FINGER TIP CAUGHT UNDER JAW TIP OF FINGER SMASHED.

EE WAS USING A RATCHET AND SOCKET, TURNING THE ENGINE OVER IN NET 590. WHILE PULLING THE RATCHET, HE DROPPED SOMETHING IN HIS RIGHT WRIST. IT STARTED TO SWELL. HE WAS SEEN BY A DOCTOR. HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A SPRAINED WRIST.

EE WAS USING A RATCHET TO TIGHTEN A CLAMP FOR THE EXHAUST ELBOW INSIDE THE INGIME COMPARTMENT. WHILE TURNING THE RATCHET, 1 IS FINGER GOT TOO NOSE THE METAL EDGE AND HE REC'D LACERATION, REQUI RING 4 SUTURES.

AN EE WAS USING A POCKET KNIFE TO CUT A TIE WRAP FROM A HYDRAULIC HOSE WHICH AHD BEEN COILED FOR SHIPPING. THE EE WAS USING THE RIGHT HAND TO HOLD THE KNIFE AND THE LEFT HAND WAS HOLDING ONTO THE HYDRAULIC HOSE. IN CUTTING THE TIEWRAP, THE EE CUT BACK TOWARDS TO LEFT HAND RESULTING IN A LACERATION TO THE LEFT INDEX FINGER. FIVE STITCHES WERE REQUIRED TO CLOSE THE LACERATION.

EE WAS HOLDING A PIN DRIVER ON A RIPPER POINT ON A TRACK DOZER. THE DOZER OPERATOR WAS SWINGING THE SLEDGE HAMMER. ON THE SECOND HIT, A PIECE OF THE DRIVER BROKE OFF, HITTING EE ON THE RIGHT S IDE OFHIS NOSE. THE PIECE OF METAL WAS REMOVED & HE RECEIVED 6 SUTURES.

HE TORQUING DRUM BOLTS, SOCKET BECAME STUCK, WHEN REMOVE, IT SMASHED FINGER AGAINST WALL OF DRUM.

TIGHTENING BOLTSON GEARS CASE WITH A HAMMER WRENCH A 20 LB HAMMER USED TO HIT THE HAMMER WRENCH. THE HAMMER GLANCED OFF THE WRENCH AND HIT THE MAN ON THE FINGER.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A CLAW BAR TO TURN A RAIL. THE CHAIN PORTION OF THE BAR SLIPPED OFF THE RAIL ALLOWING THE OPPOSITE END OF THE BAR TO STRIKE THE EMPLOYEE IN THE NECK. EMPLOYEE RECEIVED 6 STI TCHES.

EE HAD THE LOAD HE WAS WORKING ON SUSPENDED ABOUT 2" OFF THE CONCRETE FLOOR. THE RIGGING SLIPPED JUST ENOUGH TO CAUSE THE LOAD TO COME DOWN ON HIS FINGER WHICH WAS UNDERNEATH THE FRAME AND FRA CTURED THE TIP OF IT WHILE SMASHING THE OUTER EDGE.

A STEEL WEDGE WAS BEING USED TO REMOVE THE VERTICAL SWING SHAFT ON A SHOVEL. WHILE HAMMERING THEWEDGE SIDEWAYS TO REMOVE IT, IT KICKED OUT & STRUCK EMPLOYEE'S LEFT INDEX FINGER, FRACTURING IT.

EE WAS PULLING CABLES IN A STEEL CABLE BELT WITH A HOOK KNIVE. THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND CAT OTHER IN THE RIGHT HAND.

EE STATES THAT WHILE HELPING ANOTHER EE REPAIR A DRAGLINE LINK ON A DRAGLINE BUCKET, THE OTHER EE SWUNG A SLEDGE HAMMER WHICH THEN SLIPPED AND SRUCK HIM IN THE MOUTH. THE RESULTING INJURY WAS A BROKEN TOOTH AND THREE STITCHES TO HIS LIP.

EE WAS TRYING TO BREAK A PLUG OUT OF A "Y" STRAINER WITH A BREAKER BAR & FELT A POP IN HIS RIGHTELBOW. HE DIDN'T FEEL ANY FURTHER PAIN SO HE FINISHED HIS SHIFT. THE NEXT MORNING HE HAD SWELLIN G IN HIS ELBOW. HE WENT TO THE DOCTOR WHO DIAGNOSED A HAIRLINE FRACTURE.

EE WAS BENDING DOWN TO PUT A SPACER IN THE LEFT SIDE OF A NOSE CONE ON A HAUL TRUCK. AN ANCHOR CHAIN FAILED AND A 3 TON COME-ALONG SWUNG DOWN AND THE CHAIN OR PART OF THE COME-ALONG STRUCK HIM ON THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS HEAD CAUSING A LACERATION WHICH REQUIRED SUTURES.

DISMOUNTING AN 11R22.5 TIRE FOR REPAIR. WHILE BREAKING THE BEAD-SWUNG BEAD AXE BETWEEN RIM AND TIRE. BEAD AXE MADE CONTACT WITH THE RIM CAUSING A METAL CHIP, WHICH FLEW INTO LEFT EYE BETWEEN THE RIM OF SAFETY GLASSES AND CHEEK.

EE WAS USING A HOOK KNIFE TO PULL CABLES OUT OF A STEEL CABLE BELT TO PREPARE FOR A SPLICE.

LIFTING ENGINE OUT OF TRUCK, STRAP STARTED TO HANG UP ON PIECE OF ENGINE. PIECE OF ENGINE BROKE OFF AND HIT PALM OF LEFT HAND AND CAUSED LACERATION. COAL MINE TRANSFERRED EE TO CCMH TO RECEIVE TREATMENT OF 13 STITCHES.