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April 16, 1987 MN · Metal/Non-Metal shopman repair cars, mechanic HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Erie Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE PLACING A3DREDGE BEARING INTO A VISE & HOLDING BEARING WITH HIS RT HAND HE REACHED FOR VISE HANDLE WITH HIS LEFT HAND WHEN HE DID THIS THE BEARING SLIPPED FROM ITS POSITION & CAUGHT HIS HAND BETWEEN CR2SS SLIDE & BEARING

March 16, 1987 MN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Erie Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

USING A PRY BAR2 BAR SLIPPED & HIT HIM IN CHINE

February 17, 1987 MN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Erie Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE MOVING A 50 HIP. BALLING DRUM MOTOR REDUCER ASSEMBLY, THE LIFT SLID LOOSE FROM THE CHAIN HOIST & STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON SIDE OF HEAD.

December 29, 1986 MN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Erie Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE USING A W9ENCH, RIGHT INDEX FINGER PINCHED BETWEEN WRENCH & PIPE

December 2, 1986 MN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Erie Mining Company · Struck against stationary object

WHILE PUSHING O3 WRENCH,NUT LOOSENED AND EMPLOYEE HIT FINGER.

August 18, 1986 MN · Metal/Non-Metal shopman repair cars, mechanic HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Erie Mining Company · Struck by falling object

WHILE LOOSENING3THE SECOND OF THREE SET SCREWS FOR THE TOOL HOLDER ON THE KING BORING MACHINE THE TOOL H OLDER SUDDEENLY FELL & DROPPED ONTO THE INJUREDS RIGHT WRIST

June 11, 1986 MN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Erie Mining Company · Struck by falling object

WHILE HOLDING S5FETY BAR BRACKET THE BAR CAME DOWN STRIKING HIS RIGHT HAND

May 16, 1986 MN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Erie Mining Company · Struck by flying object

INJRUED EMPLOYE9 WAS HITTING A BOLT WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER THE BOLT FLEW AND HIT HIS RT LEG

April 28, 1986 MN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Erie Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS KN9ELING UNDERNEATH RAILROAD CAR TIGHTENING BOLT CRAWLED OUT AND FELT PAIN IN HIS LEFT LOWER BACK

March 31, 1986 MN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Erie Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE DRIVING O6T A COTTER KEY FROM A BROKEN LINE PIN, EMPLOYEE STRUCK HIS RT HAND WITH A BALLPEAN HAMMER.

August 5, 1985 MN · Metal/Non-Metal HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Erie Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE STRAIGHTENING A DAYCO DRIVVE PULLEY IN THE BLACKSMITH SHOP INJURED EMPLOYEE SWUNG A HAMMER TO STRIKE A ROUND BAR THE HAMMER SLIPPED OFF THE BAR AND THE HANDLE HIT THIS L THUMB HE WAS WEA RING WELDING GLOVES AT THE TIME

August 1, 1985 MN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Erie Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHIEL EMP WAS REMOVING BOLTS FROM ROD MILL TYLER SCREEN A BOLT BROKE OFF CAUSING HIM TO LOSE HIS BALANCE AND TWIST HIS BACK

July 25, 1985 MN · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Erie Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE WORKING INSIDE #1 BALL MILL A FEED HEAD LINER LODGED BETWEEN SHELL LINER & DISCHARGE HEAD LINER WAS LODGED IN POSITION WHERE DISCHARGE HEAD LINER WOULD BE INSTALLED AS HE WAS PRYING THE LINER UP FROM THE BOTTOM THE LINER TOPPLED OVER AND STRUCK HIS FOOT

December 7, 1984 MN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Erie Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED EMPLOYEE AND FELLOW WORKER WERE ASSEMBLING A CHIPS ELEVATOR CHAIN A LINK WAS NOT LINED UP SO FELLOW WORKER WAS GOING TO ALIGN IT WITH A HAMMER AT THE SAME TIME THAT INJURED WAS GOING TO ALIGN THE LINK BY HAND FELLOW WORKER HIT INJURED EMPLOYEES THUMB WITH THE HAMMER

October 1, 1984 MN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Erie Mining Company · Struck by falling object

WHILE USING A HOIST IN PULLING THE VICTAULIC CLAMP LOOSE FROM THE DISCHARGE PIPE OF 5N MILL SECTION. THE COME-A-LONG HE WAS USING, DROPPED AND SWUNG FROM THE BEAM ABOVE. THE HOIST STRUCK HIS FINGER AGAINST A VERTICAL BEAM.

March 10, 1984 MN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Erie Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE HOOKING UP TRACKS UNDER DRILL HOUSE, EMPLOYEE WAS USING A SLEDGE HAMMER AND STRUCK HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER

January 12, 1984 MN · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Erie Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE CUTTING TAPE FROM CONNECTIONS ON CROWD GENERATOR ON SHOVEL HIS KNIFE SLIPPED CUTTING HIS FINGER.

June 14, 1983 MN · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Erie Mining Company · Struck by falling object

WHILE MOVING ROTARY MOTOR WITH CHAIN IT FELL ON HIS RT FOOT

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