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Employee was assisting to flip over a piece of belt to roll up when the employee's channel locks slipped off belt, employee felt a strain to the right shoulder.
Worker walked around the back of the roof bolter to help his partner, and walked up to him while the partner was swinging a hammer and was struck in the nose. The injury required him to be taken to the hospital for stitches.
Employee was swinging a sledge hammer breaking up a rib roll when the sledge hammer got caught up in some tie wire hanging from the roof and struck himself in the head.
Employee hammering on a shuttle car reel chain and a piece of metal flew off the hammer striking him in the right upper leg.
Injured was loosening bolts on refuge screen pulley and middle finger of right hand was caught between wrench and frame, smashing the tip of the finger.
Injured was installing CLA Tips on continuous miner when his 3/4" ratchet slipped off bolt smashing finger against CLA, breaking finger.
Injured was setting a timber and hit his thumb with a hammer.
Injured was replacing offside tram motor on a shuttle car. A chain hoist was used to raise the motor. The motor shifted and the chain rolled from the top of car frame to the side of the frame and came across injured's left index finger, smashing it.
Employee was roof bolting. When he stopped to take wrench out of drill pot it was stuck. He took a hammer and started hitting the roof bolt wrench. A small piece of steel flew into his right eye. #1 entry, 002 section.
EE was making a belt splice and a piece of steel broke off hammer and went through his clothing and penetrated his upper left chest. EE had steel removed on 5-3-05.
He was pulling conveyor belt using channel locks and slipped striking himself in the cheek & eye