Employee was clearing a plugged chute between 2VS1 Screen and 2BC3 belt conveyor using a bar. The plugged 3/4 inch crusher run broke free while employee was prodding the chute with the bar, causing the employee to mash EE's left thumb on the lip of the inspection door.
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Showing all 33EE was holding a hose while another employee was cutting it. When the knife blade passed through the hose, the knife carried momentum and cut the back of EE's left hand.
EE had a chute plug and was trying to pry stone free with a pry bar on the 18 inch chute. As EE has doing this, a piece above broke loose and came down on EE's right hand.
While attempting to place and weld a metal bracket for support a Porta Power slipped and caught hand.
Employee was splitting cable open with a razor knife and it slipped and cut left pinky. When they got to urgent care they received 4 stitches.
Employee was unplugging spout #2 on the hydrate bin with a metal rod when the slide gate somehow closed and caused the rod to kick back into employee's hand. This caused a laceration that was handled with first aid before employee went to the doctor to get 3 stitches.
Employee was cutting mine belt with a utility knife when the blade slipped and jabbed EE in the left thigh just above the knee. The employee should not have been cutting toward self. EE was taken to Med Express by the on shift EMT foreman (after first aid was rendered) when EE was then referred to the hospital. At the hospital EE received stitches to close the laceration.
loading a shot, lifted a wooden loading pole out of the hole, strain to right elbow
EE was cutting plastic shrink wrap off of a pallet of gear guard parts. EE cut the plastic with a pocket knife using right hand. EE reached down to pull the plastic from the pallet with left hand. There was a piece of the plastic that had not been cut. EE pulled the plastic with left hand, and when the plastic broke free left thumb contacted the knife blade.
Employee was cutting a fastened guard when the utility knife slipped and cut a finger.
Employee was scaling the face of 20 heading using a scaling bar when the employee felt pain in employee's right shoulder and neck.
Employee was using a ratchet, socket and tap to clean bolt hole threads on a 992c loader. The socket slipped, causing the employee to strike knuckle of left hand on the loader bucket.
While cutting a piece of belting with a utility knife towards himself the employee accidentally stabbed himself in the right upper leg above the knee. The wound was approximately 3/8" to 1/2" long.
While hand scaling in the face the scaling bar slipped on a rock and caused pain in the employee's right arm.
The employee was cutting a gasket off of a steel plate with a razor knife when the knife slipped and cut the thumb on the left hand. The injury required five stitches to repair the thumb.
Not wearing any gloves using a knife to cut nylon wire tie from a piece of wire.
While lifting a bearing to install a plow bolt in a take up pulley the bar slipped causing the bearing to come down on the employee's left thumb and index finger.
While cutting off a water hose with a knife the employee cut his hand when the knife slipped.
While using a utility knife to tryand cut open a lid on a bucket the knife slipped striking the employee's hand resulting in a laceration.
While hitting a support beam for catwalk repair with a sledge hammer, the employee struck the metal and his hand slipped off the metal and got caught between the hammer handle and steel.
While cleaning the sample screen the employee struck his finger with a rubber mallet.
EE was tightening a bolt when wrench slipped off bolt. Hand hit flight of screw.
THE EMPLOYEE HIT HIS LEFT PINKY FINGER WITH A 2 POUND SLEDGE HAMMER WHILE DRIVING A PIN OUT OF A CHAIN DRIVEN CONVEYOR.
Tapped bolt with a small hammer and missed, striking left hand ring finger.
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING A BELT WITH A KNIFE AND THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT HIS LEFT LEG.
While cutting conveyer belt to make a splice the utility knife slipped and cut the ee's left hand.
EMPLOYEE TWISTED HIS WRIST WHILE HAND SCALING THE MINE FACE.
WHILE HAND SCALING THE MINE FACE THE EE PULLED OR TO ICE A MUSCLE IN HIS LEFT ARM ABOVE THE ELBOW.
WHILE STRAIGHTENING A BRAKE SHOE ON THE 662 GRADALL THE EE WAS STRUCK IN THE FACE WITH A HAMMER BY ANOTHER EE.
DURING HAND SCALING OPERATIONS THE EE PRYED ON A ROCK WITH A SCALING BAR AND FELT SOMETHING PULL IN HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS FABRICATING DRIP TRAYS FOR OIL STORAGE DRILLS AND USING A GRINDING TOOL. THE GRINDING TOOL SLIPPED OFF THE WORK TABLE AND FELL ONTO HIS LEFT LEG ABOVE THE KNEE RESULTING IN A SMAL L LACERATION. WASN'T REPORTED UNTIL 3-30-01 WHENHE WENT TO THE DOCTOR BECAUSE OF INFECTION.
WHILE HAND SCALING AT THE MINE FACE THE EMPLOYEESTATED THAT HE HAD PULLED SOMETHING ON THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS LOWER BACK.
WHILE HAND SCALING AT THE FACE, THE EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HIS LEFT SHOULDER HAD MADE A POPPING SOUND.