DRILLING PILLS OUT OF A CHAIN DRIVE WITH A PUNCH AND SLEDGE HAMMER A FRAGMENT OF STEEL BROKE OFF OF THE PUNCH AND ENTERED THE EMPLOYEES LEG. FRAGMENT WAS REMOVED BY EMERGENCY ROOM DR ON 12-7- 98.
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December 5, 1998
AL · Coal
prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Alabama Land & Mineral Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
August 30, 1998
AL · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Alabama Land & Mineral Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WHILE WORKING ON A BULLDOZER, THE EE WAS USING A HAMMER WHEN IT SLIPPED FROM HIS HAND & BOUNCED BACK STRIKING THE EE IN THE CHIN
Alabama Land & Mineral Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WHILE JACKING A BELT TOGETHER THE JACK BAR SLIPPED AND STRUCK THE MAN IN HIS RIBS.
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