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Employee was making a splice on the 1A belt when he hit his right index finger with his hammer against the splicing tool which caused him to break the tip of his finger.
Employee was bolting in the face of # 5 entry on # 3 unit when his steel stopped up and he hit the steel with a 1 foot wrench to unstop it, the wrench bounced back and struck him over his right eye causing him to get 6 stitches in the cut.
Employee was cutting Curtain off of the head of the miner with a belt knife when the knife slipped and he cut his leg. He finished the shift then went to the doctor and received 3 stitches.
Employee was squaring belt to make a splice when the belt knife slipped and cut his right leg causing him to receive 3 stitches.
Employee was striking a fan drive bolt on #1 car when he missed and hit his thumb causing him to have stitches in his thumb.
Employee was driving a pin in the 1st 48 belt with a hammer when a piece of metal went into his left eye brow causing him to have 3 stitches.
Employee was changing a tire on a Shuttle car and felt a pain in his lower back.
Employee was sitting on a pallet of blocks with his back turned to a co-worker who was cutting plastic bands off of the block pallet, he turned his head to see if his co-worker was done cutting the bands and the cut band flew up and hit him in his right eye causing a cut in his cornea.
Employee was squaring the 4th 54 belt to make a splice in it when his belt knife slipped and cut his right leg requiring 6 stitches. He returned to work the next day.
Employee was squaring belt to make a splice on #1 unit #6 entry when he cut through the belt with his belt knife in to his right leg causing him to receive 8 stitches.
Employee was knocking a hole in a brattice with a sledge hammer when he hit his right index finger with the handle and had to have 7 stitches.