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The employee was pushing a roof bolt up in the hole with the bolter and a 1' wrench and had the tip of a finger between the head of the bolt and the wrench pinching the finger.
Employee was in the process of removing an impeller when the ratchet the employee was using slipped mashing finger causing a laceration requiring three stitches
The employee was cutting a piece of belt when the knife slipped and cut employee's leg causing employee to get 3 sutures
Employee was using a belt knife and accidently cut their left leg causing a laceration resulting in them getting stitches.
The Employee stated: Employee was using a utility knife to cut a piece of ventilation curtain and cut left hand
Employee was holding a B/O hammer and another employee was hitting it with a sledge hammer driving the wedges out of Drag rope sockets on the bucket. Employee made a bad strike causing a piece of metal to fly off the B/O hammer and lodge in EE left forearm. Employee received 2 stitches in left forearm.
Employee was traveling and examining return air course off old #1 unit and EE's ride was stuck in mud. Attempting to pull ride out with come-along it broke striking EE in mouth. Employee went to dentist and a crown on EE's tooth was broken. 4-15-2016 it was brought to my attention that a crown was broken and replaced on EE's teeth after seeing a dentist.
Employee was pushing on leveling bar with channel locks, with mechanic. When my back got tight, and started to hurt. When he went to stand up straight he had a sharp pain in my lower middle back.
Employee was driving a pin out of a ride with a hammer and chisel, when a piece of the chisel broke off and lodged under the skin on the left index finger. The employee received two stitches.
Employee was cutting the plastic top off of a belt chain bucket with a belt knife. The knife slipped resulting in a cut on lower right leg. The cut did not require stitches, the cut became infected and went to the Dr. and received antibiotic to treat the infection.
The employee was assisting a contract mechanic install a track on a dozer, the contract mechanic hit the alligator link on the track with a sledge hammer and a piece of the hammer splintered off and hit the employee in the arm.
Employee was on #2 unit in the #3 entry working on a breaker panel lid. Employee was trying to remove pin from the breaker panel when a piece of a chisel struck and entered the top of his left hand.
He was tighten belt rope with a chain ratchet (come-along) rope dog slept and chain from ratchet came back and struck his thumb.
He was lapping belt with a pair of channel locks and felt a pull with a light burn in his lower back. This was not reported to the safety department until 09/15/2014.
Pulling on ratchet towards him loosing bolt strained left shoulder.
installing cutter boom pin with sledge hammer and shard of metal came off pin and stuck in the right cheek
Employee was stripping insulation off of wire on substation when belt knife slipped cutting left arm. Employee had three stitches and returned back to work.
While employee was installing a pump motor on a Joy ramcar with a chain hoist. As he was moving the motor it slipped pinching his left pinky finger next to a bolt head causing a Laceration.
While employee was cutting nylon bands off of cable bolts the belt knife he was using struck his right leg in the calf causing a puncture wound.
EE was tighten a ram car wheel with a 3/4 ratchet and socket and it slipped loose, slipped and hit his head on the edge of the ram car. He had to have stitches in his forehead above his right eye brow.
Employee was cutting a piece of plastic conduit with a belt knife and slipped and cut right leg. He went to hospital and had to have seven stitches put in his leg. No lost time on this accident.
Employee was straining tore move a nut off of a bolt on a steering jack on a scoop when he felt a twinge in his lower back. This became a lost time injury on 4/28/2014.
While the employee was cutting CO cable the knife slipped out and went across the top of employees right thumb causing a laceration.
Working on suction hose on ram car and knife blade broke causing his forearm to hit broken blade cutting arm causing seven stitches.
Empoyee notified the company on 11-18-2013 that he had strained his right shouder on 9-18-2013 while tightening up a bolt on a continuous miner. This has now become a Lost Time Accident.
Employee was near the dragline bucket as repairs was being made. Another employee was driving a bucket tooth wedge in with a sledge hammer when a piece of the wedge being struck became a projectile and struck employee in his right eye. Employee was wearing his safety glasses at the time of the incident.
Employee stated that he was cutting a high voltage guard, he said it was laying on his leg and the knife cut through the guard, cutting his leg
EE states he was cleaning the back side of belt, breaking a large rock with hammer and a small rock hit him in right eye. while talking to EE stated that he was not wearing safety glasses.
Employee was prying a shaker box spring in place when the pry bar slipped striking his safety glasses causing a laceration of his left eyebrow.
employees were removing bolts on the end of a cutter drum using a torque multiplier and a long ratchet. There injured employee had set the multiplier on a bolt and put his hand on the equipment to stand. At this point the other employee pulled the ratchet down pinching the injured employees finger between the piece of equipment and the ratchet.
EE WORKING ON #2 SECTION AS MECHANIC, WHILE FIXING A DUST SKIRT ON RIGHT BOLTER CUT HIS RIGHT LEG WITH BELT KNIFE. AFTER TREATMENT NEEDED THREE STITCHES TO RIGHT LEG.
Employee was cutting belt, knife slipped, came down cut his upper right leg, eight stitches on the inside, and seven stitches on the outside.
EE WAS CUTTING BAND ON ROOF BOLTING SUPPLIES AND CUT HIS MIDDLE FINGER ON LEFT HAND WITH BELT KNIFE, HE CUT HIS FINGER THREW LEATHER GLOVE. OHIO COUNTY HOSPITAL GAVE HIM SIX STITCHES.
A mechanic was installing brakes on a piece of equipment using a pry bar to hold tension on brake shoes while he inserted the rollers when the bar slipped catching his finger causing a small cut on it.
A maintenance trainee was splicing a cable and cut his left thumb with his belt knife, requiring (12) twelve stitches.
Employee was operating a roof bolter and as he was drilling a hole, in the mine roof, the pinner steel stopped up. To unstop the drill steel he struck it with a pinner wrench. The pinner wrench slipped from his hand causing it to bouce backwards striking him in the right eyebrow. He received 7 sutures.
Employee was cutting off a piece of rock dust hole using a utility knife when the knife slipped striking his index finger on his left hand causing a laceration. He received 6 sutures.
Employee was in the process of splicing a cable when the twisted cable slipped in his hand as he was splitting the jacket of the cable. The knife blade struck the palm of his hand cutting it open in a slicing motion.