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EMPL CAUGHT LEF7 MIDDLE FINGER BETWEEN HYDRAULIC JACK AND METAL POLE WHILE MAKING ADJUSTMENTS.CRUSHING INJURY REQ MED ATTENTION RESULTED IN NO DISABLING TIME.DELAY REPORT DUE TO MINE SHUTDOWN.
I NAME WAS PULL3NG ON A 24 INCH PIPE WRENCH WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER HE WAS WORKING OVER HIS HEAD AT THE TIME OF THE INJURY. DID NOT LOSE TIME UNTIL 12-2-85.
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING CONVEYOR RUBBER WITH A SHARP KNIFE WHICH SLIPPED AT THE END OF THE CUT AND LACERATED HIS LEG, REQUIRING SUTURES.
EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING A BOLT WITH A WRENCH WHICH SLIPPED, CAUSING HIM TO STRAIN HIS NECK. HE CONTINUED WORKING TWO WEEKS BEFORE MISSING A DAY FROM WORK. FIRST DAY MISSED WAS OCT. 5.
EMPLOYEE WAS SAWING A BOLT OUT OF A CHAIN WITH A HACK SAW WHEN THE SAW SLIPPED OFF THE BOLT AND CUT THE INDEX FINGER OF HIS RIGHT HAND.(LEFT HAND IS PRIMARY.)SUTURES WERE REQUIRED.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A CENTER PUNCH WHILE REPAIRING EQUIPMENT WHEN THE TIP OF THE PUNCH BROKE OFF AND ENTERED HIS LEFT WRIST SURGICAL REMOVAL OF THE FORIEGN BODY WAS REQUIRED
EMPLOYEE WAS PUSHING ON A LARGE WRENCH WHEN THE WRENCH SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL FORWARD AGAINST THE MOUNDING EYEBOLT OF THE MOTOR HE WAS WORKING ON. SUTURES WERE REQUIRED IN HIS CHEEK BELOW THE LEFT EYE
EMP WAS CHANGING BITS WHEN BAR SLIPPED MASHING FINGER BETWEEN BAR AND BIT NO LOST TIME OR RESTRICTED DUTY DR REPORTED FRACTURED DISTAL PHALANX LEFT FINGER
EE WAS USING A CHIAN HOIST TO T URN A MOTOR OVER TO FACILITAT WINDING IT. HE REACHED OUT TO STEADY THE MOTOR & SOMETHING POPPED IN HIS LEFT ELBOW.
WHILE CLEANING A COME-A-LONG EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO FREE THE CHAIN BY ATTACHING THE COME-A-LONG TO A 2 INCH ANGLE IRON BRACE AND JERKED ON THE CHAIN, WHEN HE DID SO THE CHAIN CAME FREE AND STRU CK HIM IN THE MOUTH, CUTTING HIS LOWER LIP, SUTURES WERE REQUIRED
LETTING WATER BARREL DOWN BY CHAIN HOIST,HOIST HANDLE SLIPPED OUT OF MINERS HAND MAKING FULL TURN AND CATCHING HAND BETWEEN HAND LE AND SHAFT ON LOWER GEAR RATIO FOR HOIST HAND .SUTURES WERE R
I.NAME WAS BEATING ON A CHUTE TO CLEAR IT OF WET MUCK. HE DREW THE HAMMER BACK FOR ONE LAST BIG BLOW AND WHEN HE STARTED THEHAMMER FORWARD, IT HIT A BEAM, THROWING HIM OFF TARGET. WHEN THE HAM MER HEAD MISSED THE CHUTE, HISFINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE HAMMER HANDLE AND THE CHUTE.
REPAIRING EQUPMENT IN THE U/G SHOP EE WAS LEANING AGAINST THE FRAME OF THE EQUIPMENT TIGHTENING A BOLT WITH A WRENCH IN HIS HAND WHEN THE WRENCH SLIPPED. THE SUDDEN MOVEMENT FRACTURED HIS L EFT EIGHTH RIB.
EMPLOYEE USED PRY BAR TO REMOVE CUTTER BIT FROM HEAD OF MINER. BAR SLIPPED CAUSING HAND TO STRIKE A BIT BLOCK. FRACTURED LITTLE FINGER.
CHANGING BITS ON CUTTER HEAD. BIT WRENCH SLIPPED CAUSING HAND TO STRIKE BIT LUG. FRACTURED THUMB. TREATED AND RETURNED TO REGULAR DUTY.
EMPLOYEE WAS HANDLING MATERIALS AT SHAFT COLLAR, PRUING ON OVERSIZED BOARDS WITH A BAR WHEN THE BAR SLIPPED AND FRACTURED RING FINGER OF HIS LEFT HAND.
USING STEP JACK BLOCK AND PRY BAR TO RAISE HEAVYU PC OF CONVEYOR EQUIPMENT PRY BAR HELD BY WORKING PARTNER SLIPPED AS INJURED ADJUSTED BLOCK LETLEFT THUMB CAUGHT BETWEEN BARA ND BLOCK HE WAS W EARING GLOVES
EMPLOYEE WAS REPAIRING CUTTER CHAIN WHEN HE STRUCK A PIN WITH A HAMMER. A PIECE OF STEEL FLEW OFF THE PIN AND INTO HIS FOREFINGER ON THE RIGHT HAND. INCISION REQUIRED TO REMOVE STEEL CHIP. SUT URES REQUIRED FOR INCISION.
MR BROWN WAS WATCHING AS TWO PIPEFITTERS WERE SPREADING THE FLANGES OF TWO PIPES WITH A CHISEL WHILE TRYING TO ALIGN THEM. THE CHISEL FLEW OUT OF PLACE WHEN IT WAS HIT WITH A HAMMER, RICOCHET ED OFF OF THE HARD HART OF ONE OF THE PIPEFITTERS AND STRUCK MR. BROWN IN THE MOUTH.
HIT LEFT THUMB WITH HAMMER TRYING TO LOOSEN NUT ON BOLT NO LOST TIME NO LIGHT DUTY DOCTOR REPORT OF 6-14-83 NOTES INFECTION AND RX
UNDIAGNOSED AND UNTREATED SEVERE CASE OF CONGENITAL DIABETES AGGRAVATED AND MANIFESTED BY BRUISE TO RIGHT HAND. IMPACT TO SHOVEL CAUSED BRUISE. EMPLOYEE WORKED THREE DAYS AFTER BRUISING HAN D BEFORE REPORTING OFF "SICK WITH FLU" LATER DIAGNOSED AS BLOOD INFECTION CAUSED BY DIABETES.
USING PRY BAR TO TURN CABLE DRUM AT CENTER DOCK SAMPLER.BAR SLIPPED AND MASHED MIDDLE AND RICH FINGERS OF RIGHT HAND ON HANDRAIL.