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WHILE SHOVELING 6 SOUTH BELT EMPL STATED THAT HE HIT HEAD AGAINST MINE ROOF.
WHILE HELPING MECHANIC SPLICE MINER CABLE MECHANICS KNIFE SLIPPED & CUT EMPLS HAND. DR PUT BUTTERFLY CLAMP ON CUT. NO LOST WORKDAYS.
WHILE PRYING ON MAIN PUMP OF A SHUTTLE CAR EE PRY BAR SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO LOOSE HIS BALANCE AND CAUSED HIM TO STRIKE HIS HEAD ABOVE HIS LEFT EYE.
WHILE PULLING RAIL WITH RAIL TONGS, HIS RIGHT KNEE GAVE OUT TO ONE SIDE CUASING INJURY.
WHILE CRIBBING OVER TOP OF TIMBER WORKER WAS DEIVING A PLANK OVERTOP OF A TIMBER WHEN TIMBER BROKE IT STRUCK THE WORDER ON THE HAND AND BOTH LEGS. SAFETY JACKS WAS SET UNDER TIMBER.
I,NAME WAS HOLDING BOLT WRENCH FOR MECHANIC. THAT WAS STUCK IN THE HEAD OF AN ATRS BOLTER. A PIECE OF METAL FLEW OFF WHEN THE MECHANIC STRUCK THE WRENCH WITH A HAMMER AND IMBEDDED IN HIS NECK.
WORKER WAS SETTING POST AS HE BEGAN TO DRIVE CAP WEDGE OVER TOP OF POST HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN THE MID PORTION OF HIS BACK
WHILE COME-A-LONGING "A MAIN EAST" #1 BELT TOGETHER I.NAME EXPERIENCED PAIN IN LOWER PORTION OF BACK.
HE WAS CHIPPING COAL FROM MINE ROOF IN ORDER TO HANG BRATTICE CURTAIN WHEN HE STRUCK A SPAD IN THE MINE ROOF FROM AN EXISTING CURTAIN INJURING HIS RIGHT HAND.
AS CLOSING POCKET WITH BAR THE BAR SLIPPED OUT OF POCKET EYE SUDDEN SLIP OF THE BAR CAUSED STRAIN TO WRIST
AS TIGHTENING ROF BOLT WITH WRENCH ROOF BOLT MOVED UP ALLOWING WRENCH TO COME OFF HEAD OF BOLT THROWING A PART OF METAL IMBEDDED N LEFT EYE.
WORKER WAS USING COME A LONG BELT TOGETHER WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL FROWARD STRIKING RIGHT SIDE OF RIB CAGE ON COME ALONG HANDLE
MAN WAS CUTTING STEEL ROPE USED WITH CONVEYOR STRUCTURE-AS HE WAS CUTTING THE ROPE WITH A CUTTER AND SLEDGE HAMMER A SLIVER OF METAL FROM THE SLEDGE HIT HIS LEFT ARM IMBEDDING ITSELF.
AS RAISING 60 LB RAIL WITH A 5 TON LIFTING JACK TO MAKE NEEDED REPAIRS THE LIFTING JACK SLIPPED ALLOWING RAIL TO FALL ON MANS THUMB
WORKER WAS KNOCKING STEEL TIES OUT WITH TRACK HAMMER WHEN TWO PIECES OF THE TRACK HAMMER BROKE OFF STRIKING MAN IN THE NECK AND LEFT CHEEK.
WORKER STRETCHE8 BACK WHILE MARKING OOF CUT TO BE BOLTED.
WHILE TIGHTENIN1 TRIM CHAINS ON MINER-WORKER SEVERED THE END OF HIS INDEX FINGER ON LEFT HAND WHEN IT BECAME SMASHED BETWEEN A WOODEN BLOCK AND BIT ON MINER HEAD.
WRENCH SLIPPED 7ATCHING THUMB BETWEEN WRENCH & GEAR CASE ON ROSCOE.
PRYING DOWN STO3E WITH STONE BAR -BAR SLIPPED STRIKING WORKER CAUSING INJURY.9 SUTURES REQ.
AS PUSHING ON R5CHET WITH FEET TO BREAK BOLT LOOSE FEET SLIPPED OFF RACHET ALLOWING IT TO FLY BACK STRIKING FINGER
WORKER WAS REMO5ING SKID FROM TRACK AS HE PULLED ON WIRE ROPE ATTACHED TO SKID HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN MIDDLE UPPER BACK THE WORKER RECEIVED NO MEDICAL TREATMENT AT THE TIME OF INJURY BECAME R EPORTABLE ON 2-18-86 WHEN WORKER ENTERED HOSPITAL
AS WORKER JACKE8 JEEP UP WITH A 5-TON JACK-WORKER WAS HOLDING ON JEEP WHEN IT FELL IT CAUSED HIM TO BE JARRED THUS CAUSING STRAIN TO LOWER BACK.
AS ATTEMPTING T2 STRAIGHTEN POLE WITH JACK HANDLE BAR SLIPPED OUT OF HARP STRICKING FINGER WHICH WAS BETWEEN JEPP FRAME AND BAR, THE WORKER RECEIVED NO MEDICAL TREATMENT AT THE TIME OF THE INJ URY, THIS OCCUA9NCE BECAME A REPORTABLE INJURY ON 02-01-86 WHEN WORKER RECEIVED MEDICAL ATTENTION.
AS CUTTING BELT WITH KNIFE, THE KNIFE BLADE HIT ELFT THUMB LACERATING IT.
WHILE CUTTING END OF ROCKDUST HOSE OFF KNIFE SLIPPED CUTTING LEFT THUMB SUTURES WERE REQUIRED.
WORKER HAD HAND RESTING ON BELT AS COWORKER WAS POUNDING ON PIECE OF AUGER TO SQUEEZE SPLICE CLAMPS-PIECE OF METAL SPLINTERED FROM AUGER EMBEDDING IN TOP OF RIGHT HAND-1 SUTURE REQ.
WORKER WAS PRYING WITH STONE BAR - BAR BROKE CAUSING WORKER TO FALL TO MINE FLOOR LANDING ON HIS CAP LAMP BATTERY
RAISING RAIL WITH 5-TON JACK.JACK DIDNT CATCH IN PLACE WHICH ALLOWED HANDLE TO FLY UP STRIKING WORKER UNDER CHIN.6 SUTURES REQ.
WORKER STRUCK CHISEL WITH HAMMER-SMALL PIECE OF CHISEL BROKE OFF EMBEDDING IN MIDDLE FINGER ON RIGHT HAND.
WORKER WAS PULLING A 4X8X3/8IN SHEET OF STEEL FROM BACK OF A PICKUP TRUCK WITH PUMP PLIERS PLIERS SLIPPED OFF CAUSING MAN TO INJURY MUSCLE IN UIPPER RIGHT ARM
WHILE TAKING ROOF JACK OUT T JEFFERS WHO WAS OPERATING MACHINE LOWERED THE STAB JACK OF MACHINE WHICH CAME DOWN ON FOOT OF ROOF JACK CAUSING JACK TO HIT ON LEFT SHOULDER OF WILLIAM REMIAS
WHILE WORKER WAS CLEANING OUT STONE CHUTE APIECE OF STONE FELL STRIKING HIM ON THELEFT KNEE
WHILE MAN WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE SHAFT FROM GEAR CASE HE STRUCK HIS MIDDLE FINGER WITH A WRENCH FROM THE BOLTER THAT HE WAS USING TO POUND WITH 14 SUTURES WERE REQUIRED
WHILE POUNDING A BIT LUG WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER A PIECE BROKE FROM THE BIT LUG STRIKING THE MAN IN H IS RT LEFT FINGER 3 SUTURES WERE REQUIRED
AS MAN WAS CUTTING CURTAIN WITH A KNIFE HE ACCIDENTLY CUT HIS FINGER 5 SUTURES WERE NEEDED TO CLOSE LACERATION
WHILE POUNDING STEEL PUNCH WITH HAMMER A SLIVER OF STEEL HIT TOP OF LEFT HAND EMBEDDING ITSELF IN HAND