WHILE CUTTING HOLES IN THE COAL DISCHARGE BELT WITH A LOCKBLADE POCKET KNIFE, WHEN THE KNIFE CAME UNLOCKED AND CUT RIGHT INDEX FINGER - REQUIRING SUTURES.
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Showing all 12WAS ON CATWALK SWINGING SLEDGE HAMMER HITTING COAL CHUTE TO DISLODGE PLUG UP. CAUGHT HAND BETWEEN HANDLE OF THE HAMMER AND A VIBRATOR MOUNTED ON THE COAL BIN. FRACTURED RIGHT HAND.
WAS USING 12# SLEDGE HAMMER TO PERFORMDUTIES REPETITIVE MOTION ALLEGEDLY CAUSED STRAIN TO SHOULDER
B16 CRUSHER HAD A LOOSE BOLT IN IT AND EE STOPPED CRUSHER TO TIGHTEN THE BOLT. WRENCH SLIPPED AS HE WAS TIGHTENING BOLT AND HIT FINGER, FRACTURING FINGER.
WAS TRYING TO OPEN #10 CHUTE USED A #LARGE ME TAL WRENCH TO HIT THE HANDLE & CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE HANDLE & THE WRENCH THE IMPACT CRUSHED THE ## TIP OF THE FINGER (RT HAND RING FINGER ) (FOUR SUTURES)
CLEANING WALLS OF DEMISTER TANK. S CALED MATERIAL ABOUT 3" THICK AND 6' HIGH CAME LOOSE FROM WAS JUST ABOVE EMPLOYEE AND KNOCKED HIM INTO THE BOTTOM OF THE CONE. FALL WAS ABOUT 5 FT THE EMPLO YEE WAS STANDING ON A LEDGE FRAM THE DUCT THAT LEADS TO THE DEMISTER TANK. THE LEDGE STANDS OUT 1 FT FROM THE TANK.
WAS USING BAR PRYING ROCK FROM MINE CEILING & P8ULLED MUSCLE IN RT ARM (ACUTE TENDON STRAIN IN RT ARM)
WHILE HAMMERING TRYIMNG TO LOOSEN U JOINT ON TEREX TRUCK PIECE OF STEEL OR FOREIGN OBJECT GOT IN LEFT EYE SCRATCHING EYE WAS ISSUED PRESCRIPTION BY PHYSICIAN
WHILE EMP. WAS UNPLUGGING A STOPPAGE INN THE DUST HOPPER AT FEED END OF KILN, UNAWARE OF ACCUMULATION OF HOT WASTER ABOVE THE PUG, THE HOT WATER GUSHED OUT WHEN AN OPENING WAS PROBED, BURNIN G EMP. ON BOTH LEGS, HIPS, AND RIGHT FOREARM.
WHILE CLEANING 7HE DE-MISTER SILO, A LARGE PIECE OF HARDENED MATERIAL FELL, STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT LEG BETWEEN THE HIP AND KNEE.
WHILE CLEANING 2UT VENTURI SCRUBBER WITH LONG BARS AND TRYING TO PULL BAR UP,CAUGHT BAR CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO SUFFER BACK STRAIN.
WHILE PULLING ON THE BAR REMOVING ROCKS FROM OVERHEAD THE BAR SLIPPED STRIKING EMPLOYEE BETWEEN THE LEGS