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Using a pry bar on DMU rails and hurt shoulder/bicep. EE had surgery on torn bicep on 5/30/2019. EE never missed a day work until surgery date.
Employee was using a pry bar to slide a pin pod over when the bar slipped pinching a finger between the pin pod and the pry bar. Employee received 5 sutures.
Miner was walking away from the miner while they were changing bits when a piece of the bit or hammer hit the employee walking away in the side of the head. The employee received 5 sutures.
Hitting a connecting link for a conveyor chain when a piece of metal flew off and hit employee in the left arm. Employee received 1 suture.
Hit hand with hammer
Employee was using a hammer and a pit punch to knock out a broken bit cone on a miner when a piece of metal flew off and cut EE's middle finger on left hand. The employee received four sutures to repair the wound.
While using a razor knife to cut excess tape from the end of a water line, the employee cut his left middle finger and required 3 sutures to close the wound.
He was taking structure apart hitting it with his hammer and hit his picky finger and fracture it.
While trying to drive out a broken bit on the head of the continuous miner, the mechanic was impaled by a piece of flying metal in the left cheek. This resulted in four sutures.
Working to put track back together on D8N Cat beating pin back in track with sledge hammer while EE held sledge on other side of link, missed pin swinging hammer into his handle smashing finger (first digit of left index finger smashed & torn). Received stitches.
Employee was struck in the right index finger with a piece of metal that broke off a gear pulling device causing a small laceration.