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Over exerted pulling on come alongs, pulling a muscle in his back.
Taking water line apart with a hammer. Swung hammer to remove line and missed causing right elbow to strike belt framing. Soft tissue and ligament damage.
Employee was removing pin from splice hitting two hammers together when a small piece of the hammer head broke off and entered his left arm
Making a splice in #4 belt. Knife slipped and cut left index finger. Bandaged on unit and went to Dr. for stitches.
Employees were attempting to jack up one side of tailpiece with a railroad jack to prevent #3 belt from contacting the tailpiece. The jack slipped out (kicked out) and off of a piece of wood that the jack was sitting on, striking injured in the left knee causing pain and swelling in the knee.
REMOVING BEARING FROM 8 X 20 SCREEN WITH LEVER HOIST, WHEN BEARING WAS LOWERED TO WALKWAY, SLACK OCCURRED IN CHAIN ALLOWING LEVER HOIST TO FALL STRIKING EE ON LEFT LOWER LEG.
WHILE REMOVING GEAR FROM SHAFT. EE WERE USING 8# SLEDGE HAMMER TO DRIVE PIN TO REMOVE GEAR. DURING THE PROCESS THE HAMMER END BROKE APART FROM THE HANDLE, STRIKING SUBJECT IN THE NOSE AREA OF HIS FACE. SUBJECT TREATED FOR BROKEN NOSE.
EE WAS USING A PIPE WRENCH TO TIGHTEN UP A UNION ON THE MINER PUMP. THE PIPE WRENCH SLIPPED & HIT EE IN THE RT. EYE AND BROKE HIS SAFETY GLASSES.
EE WAS HELPING TO ALIGN A 75 HP MOTOR ON A COAL FEEDER. CO-WORKER WAS PRYING THE MOTOR UP WITH A PRY BAR AND EE PLACED HIS LEFT HAND UNDER THE MOTOR. THE PRY BAR SLIPPED LOOSE, MASHING EE'S LE FT SMALL FINGER UNDER IT.