Subject was trying to get some batteries out of a battery box on a service truck. The subject was using a pry bar for leverage. The pry bar slipped and hit the subject in the upper lip on the right side.
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Showing all 7Subject was changing teeth on a trac hoe bucket. The pin holding the tooth was packed with dried mud. The subject put a socket on the pin and hit it with a sledge hammer. On the second try the socket, after being hit with the sledge hammer flew up and hit the subject in the face and eye. Safety glasses protected any injury to the eye.
Lowering belly pan on D11 dozer. Come - a long slipped and crushed finger.
Miner was repairing a hose on the highwall drill. The miner was using a knife to cut through a damaged hose. The knife slipped and cut the miner's rt thumb requiring stitches,
Subject was installing a wedge on the portal canopy. The subject was using an ax. The ax slipped and hit his left index finger just below the base of the finger nail.
Subject was stripping off insulation on a 4 conductor cable with a pocket knife. Subject slipped and cut his left thumb.
Subject was cleaning out the crusher because it was plugged. The subject was using a bar and was chipping away at the coal. The bar slipped and the subject hit the metal housing of the crusher with his right hand.