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EMPLOYEE WAS USING A SLEDGE HAMMER TO BEAT ON A PLUGGED HOPPER. HE SMASHED HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE HAMMER HANDLE AND HOPPER. HE SUFFERED A LACERATION THAT REQUIRED STITCHES.
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING A BEARING ON A EUCLID USING A HAMMER TO MOVE THE BEARING INTO PLACE WHEN HE HIT HIS RIGHT HAND WITH THE HAMMER.
EE WAS CUTTING BELT TO MAKE A BELT SPLICE AND CUT HIS RIGHT KNEE WITH A BELT KNIFE.
EE WAS CLEANING ROCK OFF HIS MINER WITH A PRY BAR AND STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING A HOSE ON A ROOF BOLTER. THE WRENCH HE USED SLIPPED AND CAUSED HIM TO STRIKE HIS ARM AGAINST THE BOLTER. HE SUFFERED A LACERATION REQUIRING 6 STITCHES.
EE WAS MAKING A BELT SPLICE AND GOT STRUCK ON THE LEFT KNEE WITH A HAMMER BY A MAN HELPING HIM MAKE THE SPLICE.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING A COME-A-LONG WITH ONE HAND AND PULLING ON THE BELT WITH THE OTHER HAND AND STRAINED HIS BACK. NOTE: EMPLOYEE STARTED MISSING WORK ON 3-5-97.
EE WA REMOVING BOLTS FROM A CRUSHER GEAR PLATE. HE WAS IN A SQUATING POSITION WHILE LOOSENING THE BOLTS. HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK WHILE REMOVING THE BOLTS.
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ON YIELD PROP WITH BELT CHAIN AND STRAINED HIS RIGHT SHOULDER. NOTE: DIDN'T START MISSING WORK UNTIL 1-7-97.
EMP WAS HELPING CHANGE AN ELECTRIC MOTOR IN A SCOOP. FELT A PAIN IN LOW BACK AS HE USED A PRY BAR TO ALIGN THE MOTOR.
EMP WAS CUTTING HOSE WITH BELT KNIFE. KNIFE SLIPPED AND HE CUT HIS LEFT LITTLE FINGER.
EE WAS HELPING INSTALL A METAL IMPACT PLATE BETWEEN #1 & #2 FEEDERS. A GAP NEEDED TO BE FILLED BETWEEN PLATE. EE WAS PRYING ON METAL TO FILL GAP. PRY BAR SLIPPED AND STRUCK EE'S KNEE. EE START ED MISSING WORK DAYS ON NOV. 20, 1996.
EE WAS KNOCKING HOLE IN BRATTICE WITH CAR FLIGHT AND HIT LEFT INDEX FINGER AGAINST BLOCK.
EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LOWER THE HEAD DRIVE DOOR BY REMOVING THE TOP PINS USING A 3 POUND HAMMER TO DRIVE THE PINS OUT AND STRUCK HIS LEFT MIDDLEFINGER WITH HAMMER.
EE WAS HOLDIGN A NEW LINK FOR A CHAIN WHILE ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A PIN OUT OF HTE LINK WITH THE HAMMER AND A PIECE OF METAL FLEW OFF THE PIN AND STRIKING EE IN THE LEFT FOREARM AND LEF T KNEE.
EE WAS HELPING MAKE A SPLICE IN A CAR CABLE AND CUT HIS LEG WITH A BELT KNIFE.
EMPLOYEE WAS KNOCKING THE TIE OFF BLOCKS WHEN THE BLOCKS CAME LOSE THE EARS SWUNG AROUND AND HIT EE ABOVE THE BELOW THE LEFT EYE.
EE WAS USING CHAIN AND COME-A-LONG TO PUT A SCOOP PART ON FORKLIFT, CHAIN SLIPPED & SMASHED FINGERS BETWEEN CHAIN & COME-A-LONG.
EMPLOYEE WAS UNPLUGGING A FLY ASH SILO. HE LATER LOOKED INTO THE SILO TO SEE IF ANY MATERIAL WAS LEFT. WHILE LOOKING THROUGH THE INSPECTION OPENING SOME FLY ASH DISLODGED AND HIT HIM IN THE FA CE. HIS EYES WERE FILLED WITH ASH. HIS EYES HAD TO BE WASHED OUT.
EE WAS TIGHTENING A FITTING ON THE HEAT POINT TYPE DELUGE SYSTEM ON #4 HEADER, WHEN A WRENCH SLIPPED CAUSING THE HEAD POINT TO STRIKE HIM ON THE LOWER LIP. HE RECEIVED 7 STITCHES.
EE WAS CUTTING BELT AND CUT HIS LEFT THIGH WITH A BELT KNIFE.
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING WEAR BARS OUT OF CHUTE ON #1 OVERLAND HEADER. WEAR BARS HAD BEEN CUT ON TOP SIDE AND EMPLOYEE WAS BREAKING OFF BARS WITH SLEDGE HAMMER. EMPLOYEE HIT BAR AND BAR TURNED AN D HIT RIGHT THUMB ON HAMMER HANDLE.
EE HAD CUT ONE SIDE OF A TRUNION BALL BEARING. ANOTHER EE WAS GOING TO SPLIT THE BEARING BY USING A HAMMER & CHISEL. WHEN THE HAMMER STRUCK THE CHISEL THE CHISEL BOUNCED UP & HIT EE ON THE NOS E. SMALL LACAERATION & FRACTURE OF NOSE.
EE WAS MAKING A SPLICE IN A BROKEN CONVEYOR BELT. HIS KNIFE SLIPPED AS HE CUT THE BELT, HE CUT HIS RIGHT LEG. THE CUT REQUIRED STITCHES.
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING TOP OUT OF BUCKET AND KNIFE SLIPPED CUTTING HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER.
EMPLOYEE WAS REPAIRING A BROKEN CONVEYOR CHAIN ON A CONTINUOUS MINER. HE WAS STRIKING THE CHAIN WITH A HAMMER. THE HAMMER GLANCED OFF THE CHAIN AND STRUCK HIS LEFT FOOT, BRUISING HIS FOOT.
EE WAS DRIVING BITS INTO SHEARER DRUM WHEN A PIECE OF METAL FLEW OFF AND HIM IN THE CHEST.
EE WAS KNOCKING TIMBER ON THE BELTLINE. WHEN THE TIMBER WAS KNOCKED, IT STRUCK EE ON HIS LEFT FOOT.
EE WAS KNOCKING A BRATTICE WITH AN AXE AND STRAINED LEFT SHOULDER.
WHILE USING A POCKET KNIFE TO CUT A PIECE OF REPLACEMENT CHEMICAL FEED HOSE, THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT EE'S FINGER. CUT REQUIRED 3 STITCHES.
EMP WAS UNROLLING COMPUTER MONITORING CABLE WHILE HOLDING A BELT KNIFE IN RT HAND. AS HE UNROLLED THE CABLE THE BELT KNIFE CAME IN CONTACT WITH LFT HAND, CUTTING LFT PALM - REQUIRING STITCHES.
EE WAS CUTTING BELT WITH KNIFE AS THE KNIFE CAME TO THE EDGE OF THE BELT THE KNIFE CAME OUT & CUT HIS LEG
EE WAS HOLDING A HAMMER AGAINST A PIN ON A HEAD ROLLER WHILE ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS HITTING THE HAMMER WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER WHEN A SLIVER OF METAL FROM THE HAMMER HIT EE IN HIS LOWER RIB CAGE
EE WAS HANGING TRUSSBOLT HARDWARE WHEN THE SOCKET SLIPPED OFF THE NUT AND STRUCK HIM IN THE MOUTH AND REQUIRED STITCHES.
EE WAS ASSISTING OTHERS TO REMOVE A PIN OUT OF A CRANE BOOM. THEY WERE USING A PIECE OF STEEL TO HAMMER THE PIN OUT. A PIECE OF STEEL CAME LOOSE AND LODGED IN EE'S LEFT SIDE.
REPAIRING WATER HEATER AT BATH HOUSE. WRENCH SLIPPED OFF BOLT AND HE STRUCK HIS ARM ON SHARP EDGE OF HEATER, CAUSING A LACERATION TO HIS RIGHT ARM JUST ABOVE THE WRIST.
EE WAS BRINGING PIN SUPPLIES INTO THE MINE WHEN THE BUS BOTTOMED OUT. EE AND 3 EES WERE USING A COMEALONG TO GET THE BUS OUT WHE EE STRAINED HIS BACK.
EE WAS TRYING TO UNHOOK SECTION OF TRACK RAIL TAHT WAS CHAINED TO A SCOOP. HE WAS USING A PRY BAR & STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.
WHILE INSTALLING BOTTOM ROLLER IN BELT EE WAS HOLDING UP ROLLER ON ONE SIDE AND OTHER BELT PICKED UP ROLLER ON THE OTHER SIDE OF BELT WITH A PAIR A CHANNEL LOCKS. THE CHANNEL LOCKS SLIPPED OUT OF EE HAND DROPPING ROLLER AND PINCHING EE FINGER BETWEEN ROLLER AND K & K FRAME.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A COME-A-LONG WINCH ON A TAKE-UP PUMP, TIMBER MOVED DISLODGING LOOSE ROCK & STRIKING HIM ON THE LEFT CHEEK.
EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN WELDING ON A BREAKER WRENCH OF A HIGHWALL DRILL. WHILE CHIPPING SLAG A PIECE OF SLAG GOT INTO HIS RIGHT EAR. HE FIRST SAW A DOCTOR ON 2/25/95 WHO DIAGNOSED NOTHING WRONG. ON 3/1/95 HE COMPLAINED OF DIZZINESS & SAW A DOCTOR. A HOLE WAS FOUND IN THE RIGHT EAR DRUM. HE STARTED MISSING WORK DAYS ON 3/1/95.
EE WAS CUTTING PVC BELT WITH BELT KNIFE, WHEN BELT KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT HIS THIGH.
EE WAS SETTING BITS ON MINER WITH A NEW WRENCH WHEN A PIECE OF THE WRENCH STRUCK HIM IN THE RIGHT THIGH.
INJURED WAS RECLAIMING #5A DRIVE WHEN A LEVER HOIST BROKE LOOSE FROM A ROOF BOLT AND STRUCK HIM IN THE HEAD REQUIRING STITCHES
WHILE REMOVING THE INSULATION FROM A CABLE TO MAKE A SPLICE, THE EE'S KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT HIS LEFT HAND ACROSS THE PALM.
EMPLOYEE WAS SQUARING END OF BELT TO MAKE A SPLICE & HIS BELT KNIFE CUT THROUGH THE BELT & STUCK IN THE LEFT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS A 1"X3' PIPE TO BEAT ON A PLUGGED COAL CHUTE. ONE TIME HE DREW THE BAR BACK AND STRUCK HIMSELF WITH THE BAR ABOVE THE RIGHT EYE. HE SUFFERED A LACERATION OVER THE EYE. IT TO 7 STITCHES TO CLOSE THE WOUND.
INJURED WAS TRYING OT CUT OUTER JACKE TOF CABLE WHEN HIS ELT KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT HIS LEFT LITTLE FINGER.
EE WAS HOLDING A SPIKE HAMMER WHILE ANOTHER EE HIT IT WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER WHEN A PIECE OF METAL CHIPPED OFF AND STRUCK HIM ON LEFT UPPER ARM.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A 2 TON PULLER TO PULL THE ENDS OF A CONVEYOR BELT TOGETHER. WHEN HE WAS APPLYING PRESSURE TO THE PULLER THE LEVER BROKE. THIS CAUSED HIM TO TWIST AND FALL WHICH RESULTED IN A STRAINED BACK MUSCLE.