MAN WAS SHOVELING UNDER FEEDER WENT TO EXTEND SHOVEL FELT A SHARP PAIN IN RIGHT ELBOW.
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Showing all 13EE WAS TIGHTENING CONVEYOR CHAIN ON FEEDER BREAKER. HAD COMEALONG ANCHORED TO ROOF BOLT PLATE WITH 3/8" BOLT. HAD TENSION ON CONVEYOR CHAIN WHEN 3/8 BOLT BROKE CAUSING CHAIN TO FALL ON VICTIM' S ARM.
ELECTRICIAN WAS MAKING A SPLICE ON A SHUTTLE CAR CABLE. WHILE REMOVING INSULATION, KNIFE SLIPPED, CUTTING HIS LEFT HAND.
EE HAD BEEN DUMPING 45# BAGS OF FOXROC TEXSEAL IN THE TEXSEAL PUMP FOR SEVERAL HOURS WHEN HE SET A BAG UP ON THE PUMP AND CUT IT WITH HIS KNIFE. EE SAID IT ACTED LIKE IT HAD AN AIR POCKET IN I T, WHEN HIS KNIFE HIT AW CERTAIN POINT ON THE BAG, IT POPPED, BLOWING DUST IN HIS EYE. HE HAD BEEN CUTTING ALL BAGS.
I.NAME INSTALLING PACKING ON A LIGHT FIXTURE ON THE JOY CM 14 MINER.WAS PUSHING IN THE PACKING WITH A SCREWDRIVER WHEN IT SLIPPED OFF THE PACKING AND THE LIGHT FIXTURE AND PUNCTURED LEFT HAND IN THE PALM.
MAKING A BELT SPLICE N THE D-PANEL BELT WAS PULLING BELD BACK TOGETHER WITH A COME-A-LONG WHEN COME-A-LONG CAME LOOSE & FLEW BACK TOWARDS THE VICTIM THE VICTIM JUMPED BACK TO AVOID BEING HIT W ITH COME-A-LONG & TWISTED HIS BACK
INJURED WAS TIGHTENING A BOLT ON ROTARY BREAKER. THE RATCHET SOCKET SLIPPED OFF THE NUT CAUSING THE INJURED TO TWIST HIS BACK.
INJURED WAS TIG2TING A CONVEYOR DRIVE CHAIN ON A FEEDER USING A DRIVE RACHET USING A LONG LEVERAGE BAR WHEN THE RACHET HANDLE BROKE CAUSING HIS RIGHT HAND TO COME DOWN ON A SCREWDRIVER HE HAD IN THE POCKET C5USING A LACERATION.
INJURED WAS LUB9ICATING A RUNNING BELT, WHEN APPARENTLY THE FLEXIBLE HOSE OF THE GUN WAS TUGGED BETWEEN THE BELT AND ROLLER PULLING THE GREASE GUN OUT OF HIS HANDS. THE HANDLE OF THE GUN CUT THE BACK OF HIS3HAND REQUIRING APPROX 20 STITCHES TO CLOSE
INJURED WAS TIG2TENING A NUT ON A BOLT TO THE SIDE PLATE OF RAW COAL SCRFEEN IN PREP PLANT AS HE PULLED UP ON WRENCH USING HIS BACK TO LIFT WITH HE FELT HIS BACK GO OUT DID NOT BECOME A LOST TIME DEGREE 3 A7CIDENT UNTIL 022586
INJURED WAS STANDING ON OPPISITE SIDE OF BELT AS WORKERS ON OTHER SIDE WAS HAMMERING OUT A SPLICE PIN. INJURED STATRED HE FELT A PARTICLE HIT HIS EYE BUT NO PAIN OR DAMAGE WAS NOTICED. ON 6-13 -85 EYE BECAME IRRITATED. DOCTOR DIAGNOSED A SMALL FOREIGN OBJECT IN HIS EYE AND HAD TO HAVE IR REMOVED.
INJURED WAS USING A UTILITY KNIFE TO CUT A PIECE OF BELT FOR A SKIRT BOARD WHEN THE KNIFE SLIPPED CUTTING THE INSIDE OF THE LEFT THUMB. 3 STITCHES REQUIRED DEGREE 6 ACCIDENT.
INJURED WAS CUTTING A WEDGE DOWN TO SIZE WITH A AXE WHEN THE AXE HIT A KNOT CAUSING THE AXE TO GLANCE OFF THE WEDGE AND CUT HIS LEFT THUMB TIP.