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April 23, 1986 UT · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Emery Mining Corp · Struck by falling object

MAKING A SPLICE3ON A CONTINUOUS MINER VABLE KINIF SLIPPED & CUT LEFT INDEX FINGER.1.5CM LACERATION REQUIRED SUTURES.

April 22, 1986 UT · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Emery Mining Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

ONE WORKER WAS 5IFTING THE AXLE OF A 5TH WHEEL. RAILER WITH A BAR WHILE I,NAME WAS PLACING A CAP BLOCK UNDER THE AXLE THE TRAILER FELL FROM THE BAR AND CAUGHT THE RIGHT THUMB BETWEEN THE CAP P IECE AND FRAME.3

April 1, 1986 UT · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Emery Mining Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PREPARING STEEL3CABLE SPLICE WHEN HOOK KNIFE SLIPPED OFF CABLE AND CUT ARM

March 6, 1986 UT · Coal examiner, fire boss, pre-shift examiner, mine examiner HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Emery Mining Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKER WAS CUTT3NG A PIECE OF TIE WIRE TO HANG A 2 INCH REFLECTOR END OF TIE WIRE FLIPPED UP AND STRUCK HIM IN THE LEFT EYE, SCRATCHING CORNEA.

February 11, 1986 UT · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Emery Mining Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS TRI4ING A CRIB BLOCK WITH AN AX AND MISSED AND CUT TOP OF FOOT WHICH REQUIRED STITCHES.

January 15, 1986 UT · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Emery Mining Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS OPE3ING BIT BOX WITH KNIFE AND CUT LEFT ARM

November 26, 1985 UT · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Emery Mining Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THUMB HIT BY H5MMER WHILE HOLDING A BOLT HAMMER MISSED BOLT AND H IT THUMB

November 7, 1985 UT · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Emery Mining Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HELPING MAKE CA6LE SPLICE KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT THE PALM OF HIS HAND

September 11, 1985 UT · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Emery Mining Corp · Struck by falling object

BUILDING CRIB WHEN PIECE OF WOOD FELL INTO HIS EYE.

August 15, 1985 UT · Coal HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Emery Mining Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SUPER 500 TAKE-UP WAS BEING TIGHTENED UP WITH OEMWINCH.ANCHOR POINT OF TAKE-UPBROKE RELEASING 3/4\ HEAVY DUTY CHAIN WHICH WHIPPED A ROUND STRICKING INDIVIDUAL ON BOTH LEGS INDIVIDUAL WAS APPRO

August 7, 1985 UT · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Emery Mining Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED SPLICING A SHUTTLE CAR CABLE. HIS KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT HIS LEFT THUJB THE TENDON IN LEFT THUMB WAS CUT

July 6, 1985 UT · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Emery Mining Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED PERSON WAS CHIPPING A METAL BURR OFF FROM A DRAWBAR WITH A CHISEL & HAMMER HE MISSED CHISEL WITH HAMMER STRIKING HIS LEFT THUMB CAUSING FX TO DISTAL PHALANGE

July 3, 1985 UT · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Emery Mining Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED PERSON STRUCK HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER WITH A HAMMER WHILE KNOCKING A ROOF PIN OUT OF A CONNECTING LINK

June 3, 1985 UT · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Emery Mining Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

MAN WAS SETTING DOWN A METAL BAR WHEN HIS FINGER BECAME CAUGHT BETWEEN THE BAR AND A STOPPING - FINER MAIL ON RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER WAS SMASHED.

May 22, 1985 UT · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Emery Mining Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

USING KNIFE TO CUT VELTING MATERIAL, KNIFE BROKE & BLADE CUT HIS THUMB.

May 9, 1985 UT · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Emery Mining Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKING ON EIMCO LOADER, WRENCH SLIPPED, HITTING MAN IN FACE.

May 7, 1985 UT · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Emery Mining Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

BAR HOLDING UP BELT SLIPPED & BAR HIT HIM ON LEFT FOREARM.

May 7, 1985 UT · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Emery Mining Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

BELT WAS HELD UP BY BAR AND COME-A-LONG THE BAR SLIPPED AND HIS FINGER WAS PINCHED BETWEEN BAR AND CHAIN.

April 23, 1985 UT · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Emery Mining Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

COME-A-LONG FELL OFF THE CHAIN IT WAS HOOKED ON AS I.NAME PULLED ON IT THE COME-A-LONG HIT HIM ON THE SHOULDER

February 11, 1985 UT · Coal stopping builder, ventilation man, mason man, overcast HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Emery Mining Corp · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE STATED WAS PLASTERING AN OVERCAST WHEN SOME CEMENT FELL INTO HIS EYE

January 18, 1985 UT · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Emery Mining Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EMPLOYEE WAS SCALING DOWN A BAD RIB WHEN A PIECE OF COAL STRUCK THE SCALING BAR AND THE SCALING BAR IN TURN STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE IN THE CHIN

November 27, 1984 UT · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Emery Mining Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EMPLOYEE WAS MAKING A SPLICE ON A CONTINOUOUS MINER CABLE WHEN HIS KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT HIS HAND.

November 26, 1984 UT · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Emery Mining Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EMPLOYEE WAS REPAIRING A BROKEN CONVEYOR CHAIN ON A JOY SHUTTLE CAR. A COME-A-LONG WAS BEING USED TO PULL THE CHAIN TOGETHER; WHEN TENSION WAS APPLIED THE HOOK ON THE END OF THE COME-A-LON G STRAIGHTENED-OUT, RELEASING THE COME-A-LONG CHAIN WHICH CAME BACK STRIKING THEEMPLOYEE IN THE LEFT LOWER LEG AND CAUSING A FRACTURE.

November 9, 1984 UT · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Emery Mining Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EMPLOYEE WAS MAKING A SPLICE ON A ELECTRICAL CABLE WHEN HIS KNIFE SLIPPED CUTTING HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER.

September 20, 1984 UT · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Emery Mining Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING BELT WITH METAL BAR TRYING TO INSTALL BOTTOM ROLLER.STRAINED BACK WHILE LIFTING.

August 23, 1984 UT · Coal HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Emery Mining Corp · Struck by flying object

EMPL CUTTING PIECE OF 1/4\\ STEEL ROPE WITH AN ACE WHEN SMALL PIEC OF ROPE HIT HIM IN THE EYE MAKING SMALL PUNCTURE WOUND.

April 26, 1984 UT · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Emery Mining Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REPAIRING CABLE AND CUT HIMSELF WITH KNIFE

March 9, 1984 UT · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Emery Mining Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CHANGING BUSHING ON DRILL BOOM OF BOLTER WAS POUNDING OUT WHEN A PIECE OF CHISEL BROKE OFF AND HIT EMP ON LEFT LITTLE FINGER

February 8, 1984 UT · Coal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Emery Mining Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE LEANING ON THE BELT SPLICING IT THE CLAMP LET BELT SLIP

February 3, 1984 UT · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Emery Mining Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL PULLING TAILPIECE WITH COMALONG WHEN CHAIN BROKEN AND COMALONG HIT EMPL IN FOREHEAD.

January 5, 1984 UT · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Emery Mining Corp · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

PULLING A STATIONARY BELT ROLLER OFF BELT WITH A COMEALONG HE STRAINED HIS RT SHOULDER IN THE PROCESS

December 14, 1983 UT · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Emery Mining Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING SOME SKIRTING WHEN THEKNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT HIM

December 2, 1983 UT · Coal tipple/top lander/skip dumper operator, binman, topman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Emery Mining Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ROLLING UP BELT WITH A BELT WINDER. AS HE WAS STANDING BY THE WINDER THE CHAIN LINK ON THE @DRIVE BROKE AND LINK HIT HIS EYE.

August 11, 1983 UT · Coal lw propman, propman helper, move crew if lw, move-up man, jacksetter, advanceman lw helper HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Emery Mining Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INSTALLING CONVEYOR CHAIN IN PAN LINE.USING PRY-BAR WHEN IT SLIPPED,CUT RING FINGER OF LEFT HAND.

August 8, 1983 UT · Coal longwall operator, chock operator, shear operator, plow operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Emery Mining Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

USING A PRY BAR WHEN IT SLIPPED PINCHING HIS THUMB - HIS FINGER NAIL WAS REMOVED.

July 7, 1983 UT · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Emery Mining Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DRIVING RIVETS IN BELT SPLICE WITH HAMMER THE MAN STATED THAT HE DID GET HIT WITH THE HAMMER OR MATERIAL BEING USED

June 27, 1983 UT · Coal motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Emery Mining Corp · Struck against stationary object

RAN INTO ENCLOSED LIGHTING FIXTURE AND STRAINED NECK.

June 15, 1983 UT · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Emery Mining Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS REWIRING STARTER ON MUSTANG AND SLIPPED WITH THE KNIFE

April 28, 1983 UT · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Emery Mining Corp · Struck by flying object

SCALING DOWN BAD TOP AND PIECE OF ROCK WAS RESTING ON WATER HOSE.WATER HOSE FLIPPED BACK AND STRUCK EMPL ON NECK.

April 21, 1983 UT · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Emery Mining Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WIRE CABLE HE WAS USING TO PULL BELT TOGHTER WITH BROKE THE CABLE HIT HIM IN THE CHEST DOCTOR CUT OUT 1" PIECE OF WIRE OUT OF HIS CHEST 2 STITCHES.

March 2, 1983 UT · Coal longwall operator, chock operator, shear operator, plow operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Emery Mining Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING BITS ON THE LONGWALL SHEAR DRUM AND HIT HIS FINGER WITH A PUNCH

January 21, 1983 UT · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Emery Mining Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS SHARPENING KNIFE WHEN HE SLIPPED & CUT HIMSELF- 8 STITCHES.

January 15, 1983 UT · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Emery Mining Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MAKING VULCANIZED BELT SPLICES - EMPLOYEE WAS SKINNING BELT. THE VISE GRIPS HE WAS HOLDING THE BELT WITH SLIPPED AND CUT HIS HAND

January 6, 1983 UT · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Emery Mining Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS FIXING CONVEYOR CHAIN ON THE FEEDER BREAKER. SWINGING HAMMER WHEN IT SLIPPED OFF HITTING HIS HAND.

January 5, 1983 UT · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Emery Mining Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING A CRIB BLOCK ON TOP OF STAB JACK WHEN IT WAS PUSHED AGAINST THE TOP PINCHING HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE TOP ANBD THE CRIB BLOCK CAUSING A FRACTURE TO HIS FINGER

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