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WAS TAKING POST DRIVER OFF OF GROUND ROD. CUT INSIDE OF LEFT THUMB ON BURR ON TOP OF GROUND ROD.
EE WAS REPAIRING CONVEYOR CHAIN. AS HE DROVE CONNECTING LINK IN SLACK CHAIN FELL FROM MINER TAIL STRIKIN GHIM ON RIGHT THIGH. THE NEXT MORNING HIS LEG WAS SWOLLEN AND HE WENT TO DR. DR PLACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY THRU 2-6-98. HE RETURNED TO REGULAR JOB ON 2-9-98.
A JACKHANDLE EE WAS PULLING ON SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL AGAINST BELT GUARD. RESULTIG IN LACERATION TO RIGHT EAR THAT REQUIRED 3 STITCHES.
HE WAS SWINGING SLEDGE HAMMER TO DRIVE PIN OUT OF ROOF BOLTER WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK. PAIN HAS PERSISTED AND ON 9-9-97 HE WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR TREATMENT.
WHILE CUTTING BELT WITH UTILITY KNIFE HE LACERATED LEFT MIDDLE AND INDEX FINGERS. THE LACERATIONS REQUIRED SUTURES TO CLOSE.
SCOOPING FLYASH GOT SOME IN BOOTS CAUSING CHEMICAL BURNS.
HE STRUCK ONE HAMMER AGAINST ANOTHER TRYING TO DISLODGE A SPLICE PIN. A PIECE OF STEEL BROKE OFF HAMMER AND STRUCK HIM IN CHEST CAUSING PUNCTURE WOUND. THE SLIVER OF STEEL WILL BE REMOVED ON 9 -6-96 UNTIL WHICH TIME DR PLACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY.
HE WAS DRIVING A WEDGE OVER A PROP HEMISSED THE WEDGE & STRUCK HIS LEFT THUMB WITH A HAMMER RESULTING IN A FRACTURE TO TIP OF LEFT THUMB & A LACERATION THAT REQUIRED STITCHES
USING A PRYBAR TO LIFT BELT IN ORDER TO CHANGE BROKEN ROLLER. LEFT SHOULDER BECAME SORE AND CONTINUED TO CAUSE PAIN WENT TO DR ON 8-24 AND WAS DIAGNOSED WITH POSSIBLE TORN ROTATOR CUP. WILL BE SEE DR ON 9-8 FOR FURTHER TEST.UNTIL THEN HAS BEEN PLACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY.
UTILITY KNIFE SLIPPED WHILE CUTTING TAPE FROM CHAIN HOOK AND LACERATED LEFT INDEX FINGER. WOUND REQUIRED SUTURES TO CLOSE THE WOUND.
HE INSTALLING (SLINGING) A TRUSS BOLT. DUE TO THE RIB BEING RASHED OUT, ONE MAN WAS PRYING THE BOLT OVER SO EMPLOYEE COULD FASTEN THE HARDWARE. WHEN THE PRESSURE WAS RELEASED THE BOLT SWUNG AR OUND AND STRUCK EE IN THE UPPER LIP CAUSING A LACERATION THAT REQUIRED STITCHES.
HE WAS MAKING SPLICE ON MINER CABLE THE KNIFE SLIPPED & STRUCK HIS LEFT LEG CAUSING LACERATION THAT REQUIRED SUTURES TO CLOSE
REPAIRMAN WAS TRYING TO REPAIR DOOR ON POWER CENTER AS HE PRYED ON DOOR IT SHUT CATCHING HIS RT LITTLE FINGER BETWEEN DOOR & FRAME OF POWER CENTER FINGER WAS LATERATED & REQUIRED SUTURES TO CL OSE WOUND
MOVING STEEL PLATE (60" X 39" X 5/8"0 WITH PRY BAR TO PUT SHEET CLAMP ON PLATE. PRY BAR SLIPPED CATCHING HAND BWTEEN PLATE AND WORK TABLE.
INJURED WAS POSITIONING SCOOP BUCKET FOR INSTALLATION USING TRACK JACK. AS HE WAS LOWERING JACK LEVER DIDN'T CATCH AND JACK BAR SPRANG UP STRIKING HIM ON RIGHT CHEEKK CAUSING CONTUSION AND LA CERATION. LACERATION REQUIRED STITCHES.
DRIVING SPAD TO HANG CURTAIN MISSED SPAD HIT LEFT MIDDLE FINER WITH HAMMER CAUSING LACERATION THAT REQUIRED STITCHES TO CLOSE
ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A BROKEN HYDRAULIC FITTING FROM ROOF BOLTER. HAD AN E-Z OUT IN FITTING E-Z OUT BROKE AND HE SMASHED FINGER BETWEEN WRENCH AND VALVE BANK. CAUSING A FRACTURE TO LEFT RING F INGER.
HE WAS TIGHTENING BOLT ON FLARE BOARD OF BELT TAIL WHEN CHANNEL LOCKS SLIPPED AND THUMB HIT EDGE OF FLARE BOARD LACERATING IT. WOUND REQUIRED THREE SUTURES TO CLOSE.
ATTEMPTING TO CUT HOLE IN BELTING. KNIFE SLIPPED CAUSING PUNCTURE WOUND TO LEFT WRIST STITCHES WERE REQUIRED TO CLOSE WOUND. INDIVIDUAL WAS ABLE TO RESUME WORK.
HE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF CHANGING A TIRE ON A TWO MAN MEMCO. WHEN THE JACK HE WAS USING FAILED TO WORK PROPERLY. AS HE WORKED ON THE JACK HIS FINGERS GOT CAUGHT IN A PINCH POINT CAUSING A LA CERATION TO THE TOP O THE INDEX FIGNER RIGHT HAND. REQUIRED FOUR STITCHES.
INJURED HAD SURGERY TO REPAIR A HERNIA IN THE SAME AREA A COUPLE MONTHS EARLIER OFR A NONE OCCUPATIONAL INJURY. ON THE 8TH WHILE INSTALLING A GATHERING POT FOR #11 MINER HE FELT A PULL IN HIS LOWER STOMACH WHILE PULLING ON A 4 TO 1 RATCHET USED TO TIGHTEN BOLTS SECURING GATHERING POT. HE WENT TO DR WHO PLACE DHIM ON RESTRICED DUTY PENDING SURGERY.
HE NOTICED A BURR OF STEEL STICKING UP OFF THE TOP OF A FEEDER SIDE BOARD. HE USED HIS HAMMER TO BEND THE BURR DOWN. WHEN HE SWUNG THE HAMMER HEAD BOUNCED OFF THE SIDE OF THE STEEL PLATE CATCH ING HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN THE PLATE AND HAMMER HANDLE.