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EMPLOYEE WAS USING LOADING POLE TO TAMP POWDER INTO POLE FOR BLASTING PURPOSES, WHILE TAMPING POWDER EMPLOYEE SUFFERED SEVERE THROBING PAINS GENERATING FROM RIGHT WRIST TO THUMB, POSSIBLY AGGR AVATING AN OLD INJURY, OF A BRUISED NERVE AND CYST IN WRIST.
EE CAUGHT THUMB BETWEEN BAR & CHUTE WALL WHILE BARRING OUT A ROCK WEDGES IN CHUTE. CONDITIONS UNDERGROUND DRY FOOTING, AREA LIGHTED, CLOSE WORKING QUARTERS CONTRIBUTED TO CAUSE OF ACCIDEN T.
THIS EMPLOYEE FELT PAINS IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER AS HE DROVE RAILROAD SPIKES WITH A SPIKE HAMMER.
THIS EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A PIN INTO PLACE WHICH HOLDS THE CLAW TIP TO THE CLAW. A METAL SLIVER FLEW OFF OF THE PIN AND STRUCK HIS EYE LID AND EYE.
EE SUSTAINED A THROMBOSED HEMORRHOID AS HE STRUCK THE LIP OF A CHUT WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER. THIS INJURY BECAME LOST TIME ON 3-3-95.
INJURED WAS REPAIRING A TAMROCK DRILL.AS HE USEDA HAMMER AND CHISEL TO SEPERATE THE DRILL HOUSING,A SLIVER BROKE OFF THE CHISEL AND EMBEDDED ITSELF IN HIS RIGHT HAND.
THIS EE BACK BEGAN TO HURT AS HE TRIMMED A FRAYED EDGE ON A CONVEYOR BELT.
REPLACING THE BULB ON HIS CAP LAMP USING A POCKET KNIFE SLIPPED, FOLDED AND CUT THE TOP PART OF THE RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER AT FIRST JOINT.