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Miner was holding metal punch used to knock out a pin in a dozer swing frame. Hammer used to drive in the pin hit miner's hand. Laceration to miner's right middle finger. Required stitches.
Miner was using bottle jack to to lift wash plant screen box to change springs. As miner reached to place block under screen box, screen box slipped off jack pinching right thumb. Right forearm also broke.
Miner was shoveling under belt. Shovel contacted belt and whipped back across left knee. Bruised knee resulted. Miner submitted injury report to safety office on 8/15/2008. This 7000-1 is a resubmission of a report form submitted 8/15/2008.
Miner was cutting v-belt with utility knife. The knife slipped and cut the miner's left forearm. Stitches were required. No lost time. Injury report was received in company safety office on 12/04/06.
On 8/16/06, the injured miner was shoveling mud and rock beside the jaw crusher when the shovel struck a rock covered by mud. The impact of the shovel on the rock twisted his right wrist. The injured miner notified his supervisor on 8/23/06, notified the company safety director on 8/25/06, and submitted his inury report form to the company safety director on 8/28/06.