Employee was getting a crawler from under the miner using a slate bar. The crawler fell, hitting the bar, causing the bar to hit employee in the left side of the head and caused a laceration to his ear that took 7 sutures to close. Employee missed no work days.
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December 6, 2007
VA · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Banner Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
March 9, 2007
VA · Coal
laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Banner Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE was helping on an old buggy splice---pulling off tape, when the tape slipped and an opened knife he had in his hand, closed up on his little finger on his right hand requiring 7 sutures.
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