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September 25, 1986 IL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Inland Steel Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS PR2ING WITH A PRY BAR AND BAR SLIPPED PINCHING FINGER, REPAIRING MINER.

June 17, 1986 IL · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Inland Steel Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP AND ANPOTH9R MAN WERE USING A STEP JACK TO ELEVATE A FEEDER AND WHILE PUCHING DOWN ON A 5 FT SLATE BAR IT KICKED BACK STRIKING THE EMP ON LEFT FRONT PORTION OF HIS NECK

May 8, 1986 IL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Inland Steel Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS REPAIRI3G ELECTRICAL CABLE AND CUT SELF WITH RAZOR KNIFE

March 18, 1986 IL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Inland Steel Coal Company · Struck by falling object

EMP WAS WORKING3ON A MANTRIP WITH ANOTHER EMP WHEN THE PITMAN ARM FELL STRIKING INJURED ON LEFT CHEEK AND THE GREASE FITTING STRUCK AND CUT CHEEK 3/4 IN LAC HAD 2 STITCHES PUT IN

January 29, 1986 IL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Inland Steel Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EE WAS CUTT3NG TAPE OFF OF CHARGER WHEN KNIFE SLIPPED CUTTING LT MIDDLE FINGER. IT REQUIRED 6 STITCHES.

January 23, 1986 IL · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Inland Steel Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE CUTTING C2NVEYOR BELT WITH KNIFE EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK BY KNIFE WHEN IT SLIPPED

November 27, 1985 IL · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Inland Steel Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HAND SAW SLIPPE8 WHILE SAWING TMBER LACERATING EMPLOYEE LEFT THUMB.

November 14, 1985 IL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Inland Steel Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WO9KING ON REMOVING VALVES FROM TEH AIR COMPRESSOR AND WAS PULLING ON A RATCHET IN CLOSE QUARTERS AND STRAINED HIS BACK

October 31, 1985 IL · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Inland Steel Coal Company · Struck by falling object

EMP WAS KNOCKIN1 OUT STOPPING & A BLOCK FELL AGAINST HIS HAND CUTTING IT HE HAD STITCHES

October 3, 1985 IL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Inland Steel Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING A BO AIR LINE WHEN THE WRENCH SLIPPED MASHING HIS RT THUMB THE EMPLOYEE HAD 11 STITCHES PUT IN HIS THUMB.

September 7, 1985 IL · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Inland Steel Coal Company · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING STEEL WIRE BELT A ROPE WITH A ROPE CUTTER TOOL WHEN METAL CHIP HIT EYE.

July 29, 1985 IL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Inland Steel Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS REMOVING BUSHINGS OUT OF A CUTER DRUM AND CUT RT HAND BETWEEN THUMB AND FORE FINGER WITH A SLIDE HAMMER

July 23, 1985 IL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Inland Steel Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS REPAIRING SHUTTLECAR CABLE KNIFE SLIPPED CUTTING BACK OF RT INDEX FINGER

June 4, 1985 IL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Inland Steel Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING CABLE OPEN WITH A RAZOR KNIFE

June 3, 1985 IL · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Inland Steel Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS USING SCREWDRIVEWR AND IT SLIPPED PUNCTURING HIS LEFT HAND

May 17, 1985 IL · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Inland Steel Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK BY TIMBER HAMMER WHILE SETTING POSTS. .

April 27, 1985 IL · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Inland Steel Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING A SHOVEL HANDLE WITH A KNIFE AND STRUCK THE KNIFE INB HIS LEFT HAND BETWEEN THE THUMB AND FINGER REQUIRING STITCHES.

December 18, 1984 IL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Inland Steel Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SHUTTLE CAR CABLE PULLED OUT OF SHUTTLE CAR REEL THE EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING THE TAPE OFF OF THE SPLICE WHEN HIS KNIFE FOLDED UP CUTTING HIS RT INDEX FINGER HE REQUIRED STITCHES

August 17, 1984 IL · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Inland Steel Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS REPAIRING AND STRUCK HIS FINGER WITH A HAMMER

June 15, 1984 IL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Inland Steel Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING PUNCH WITH A PAIR OF PLIERS & ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS STRIKING PUNCH & PUNCH DISLODGED HITTING 1ST EMPLOYEE IN LOWER LIP PUNCTURING THRU HIS LIP & CHIPPING TOOTH & PUNCTURE REQUIRED STITCHES

March 27, 1984 IL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Inland Steel Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING THE WHEEL HUB ON AN S & S SCOOP AND HIT HIS LEFT HAND WITH A 6 LB. SLEDGE HAMMER.

March 13, 1984 IL · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Inland Steel Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS CUTTING BELT MATERIAL WITH KNIFE

March 10, 1984 IL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Inland Steel Coal Company · Struck by falling object

THE EMPLOYEE WAS USING A PRY BAR TO PRY LOOSE METAL AWAY FROM SIDE OF HOPPER IN A SHAFT, WHEN THE BAR SLIPPED SMASHING HIS FINGER.

February 21, 1984 IL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Inland Steel Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EE WAS REEMING A PLASTIC BUSHING FOR A C.P. LIGHT WITH A SCREW DRIVER WHEN THE SCREDRIVER SLIPPED CUTTING LEFT THUMB & FINGER NEXT TO THUMB WHICH REQUIRED STITCHES.

January 21, 1984 IL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Inland Steel Coal Company · Struck by flying object

EMP WAS REPAIRING, STRIKING METAL CHISEL AND A PIECE OF METAL CHIPPED OFF CHISEL AND PENETRATED LEFT 5TH FINGER

November 15, 1983 IL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Inland Steel Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE INJURED WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF BELT WHEN HIS KNIFE SLIPPED LACERATING HIS LEFT FOREHEAD

September 28, 1983 IL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Inland Steel Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CUTTING HOLES IN I-BEAMS AND CHIPPING SLAG WITH HAMMER WHEN CHISEL BOUNCED BACK,STRIKING EMPL ON CHIN.

September 6, 1983 IL · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Inland Steel Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS CUTTING A SHUTTLE CAR CABLE INTO WITH A PAIR OF CABLE CUTTERS WHEN THE CUTTERS GA V E IN STRIKING HIM IN LEFT RIB CAGE & FRACTURING A RIB - HE WAS USING A DULL CABLE CUTTER & APPL YING A LOT OF PRESSURE

August 29, 1983 IL · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Inland Steel Coal Company · Struck by rolling or sliding object

INJURED WAS BUSTING ROCK UP ON THE MINER WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK SLID DOWN THE PIECE HE WAS BUSTING AND STRUCK HIM ON THE R HAND THIS RESULTED INB A LACERATION TO HIS RIGHT THUMB

July 19, 1983 IL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Inland Steel Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS USING CHISEL AND SLEDGE HAMMER TO DRIVE A PIN OUT OF THE MINER TAIL WHEN HE STRUCK HIMSELF WITH THE SLEDGE HAMMER TRYING TO USE IT ONE HANDED

May 5, 1983 IL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Inland Steel Coal Company · Struck by flying object

ATTEMPTING TO DISLODGE STEEL PIN WITH HAMMER AND STEEL PUNCH WHEN SLIVER OF STEEL FROM PUNCH FLEW OFF AND LODGED IN EMPL LEFT THIGH.

May 4, 1983 IL · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Inland Steel Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INSTALLING NEW CUTTING BITS IN C.M. WITH HAMMER.MISSED A BIT AND HIT LEFT THIRD FINGER CAUSING FRACTURE.

April 29, 1983 IL · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Inland Steel Coal Company · Struck by falling object

MAN WAS PRYING ROCK OFF MINER WHEN IT SLIPPED CRUSHING HIS RT MIDDLE FINGER RESULTING IN FX TO FINGERTIP

February 23, 1983 IL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Inland Steel Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

MAN WAS TIGHTENING BOLT ON STOKER DOOR WITH SOCKET AND BREAKER BAR WHEN @SOCKET SLIPPED AND MAN PINCHED @FINGER BETWEEN BREAKER BAR AND @STOKER DOOR FRACTURING HIS RT FINGE R

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