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Employee was using a utility knife to cut a piece of damaged belt off of a conveyor car when the knife slipped and struck his left thumb. This resulted into a laceraton that required 4 sutures to close.
Injured employee and another co-worker were using an 18 inch crescent wrench to tighten a hydraulic hose on a manifold. The wrench slipped and the employee felt a pain in his left shoulder. At this time the injury is diagnosed as a strain, but additional examinations are scheduled. The employee worked 5 days of restricted duty and the injury became lost time on 01/15/09.
Employee was splicing a 995 volt cable. The utility knife he was using slipped and lacerated the end of his left little finger. The laceration required one stitch.
Employee was trying to remove the pin out of the rub rail on the side if the highwall miner with a pry bar. The pry bar slipped, mashing his right thumb between the pry bar and the rub rail.
While runnung a chain through the eye of a hitch a burr caught back of left hand. A piece of metal lacerated back of hand.