The employee was changing bits on a continuous miner. The employee struck the tip of left little finger with a hammer causing a fracture to the tip end.
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Showing all 5The employee was cutting a metal band that was around a pad of concrete blocks, the band broke loose cutting the employee in their right arm, resulting in to receive sutures.
The employee was cutting a piece of belt with a utility knife, the knife slipped and cut their upper right leg and they required sutures
The employee was using a utility knife to cut some belt, when EE lost EE's balance and cut EE's leg
The miner cut left arm with a belt knife while cutting open a bulk bag of rock dust. The miner received 3 stitches to the left forearm.