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Employee was driving a steel wedge between 2 16" steel flanges to spread apart. The steel wedge came out striking employee above left eye.
Employee went to tram the cable hoist on the 11th floor of the prep plant to bring a load in. While tramming the hoist, the mechanism broke causing the pulley to fall and strike the employee in the safety glasses causing a laceration to the left eye lid requiring 5 stitches.
Employee was in a chute pushing the plastic chute liner back in place with a porta power. When an employee above IE lost EE's grip of the ram and it fell on IE's hard hat causing IE's neck to hurt.
Employee was letting some rags tied to a rope down from a catwalk under u-34 belt and caught left arm in between the bottom return roll and the belt.
Employee was lifting a 3 ton chain hoist (Roughneck Brand from northern tool + equipment -weighs 48 lbs.) out of the hole we were working when employee felt something pull on the left side of stomach area.
Employee was doing preparation plant maintenance repair and utilizing a hammer while extracting a retainer pin when EE miss-struck the pin with the hammer, and incurred a puncture wound injury to the top of left hand.
Cutting the tape off of the cord that was keeping the cord rolled up to use it and when EE went to pull the tape off after it had been cut EE forgot to close the folding razor knife and stabbed self in the chest.
Employee was chipping rust off of steel with hammer when piece flew under safety into left eye. Accident was not reported until 2/24/11.
Two persons were removing the drive unit on the unit 79M dust screen. The injured person was using a slate bar to pry unit back when the bar slipped and he mashed his little finger of right hand between slate bar and frame of dust screw body causing injury.
Employee was using chain hoist to lift filter barrel when shackle pulled through beam it was fastened in, hitting employee in head causing small laceration.
Employee was using sledge hammer to free up frozen door on hammer crusher, when he struck his right ring finger between hammer handle & crusher resulting in fracture at end of finger.
Injured person was helping to change out ram jack on longwall support #30. Person was using come-along to pull jack upward to remove pin, when the jack came loose and struck person in forehead causing laceration. Required 6 sutures to close the laceration.
Person was using utility jack to lower section of belt take-up structure into place. The structure shifted and the jack kicked out. When this happened, the jack handle struck person on right side of face. Sutures required on inside of right cheek.
PERSON WAS HELPING TO INSTALL 1 1/2" TEE IN EMULSION LINE FOR LONGWALL RETURN LINE. ANOTHER PERSON WAS GOING TO DRIVE THE TEE IN PLACE AND STRUCK INJURED PERSON'S MIDDLE FINGER WITH SLEDGE HAMMER CAUSING FRACTURE AND LACERATION TO FINGER ON RIGHT HAND.
INJURED WAS USING "RED DEVIL" ROPE COME-ALONG TO HELP POSITION TAILGATE CUTTER MOTOR ON LONGWALL SHEAR. THE HANDLE SLIPPED OU OF THE COME-ALONG AND STRUCK PERSON IN MOUTH CAUSING LACERATION TO LOWER LIP WHICH REQUIRED SUTURES TO CLOSE
Injured was holding a 1" water line. Another man was hitting the coupler with a hammer when a piece of metal came off and went into his right forearm.
WAS RUNNING CHAIN HOIST WHEN HOIST FELL HITTING EMPLOYEE IN BACK OF SHOULDER AREA.
Person was using rail jack to lift flat car back onto track after de-rail. Person was using slate bar to operate jack to raise car. The jack did not latch on the down stroke and slate bar flew back up and struck person on left side of face.
Injured person was using hammer and chisel to remove the race from gear on headgate ranging arm. A steel fragment came off gear and imbedded in side of left hand. person went to doctor but fragment was not removed.
EE WAS HELPING TO HANG STIFF ARM FOR MONO-RAIL DURING LONGWALL MOVE. THE RED DEVIL COME-ALONG BEING USED TO HOLD ONE END OF THE STIFF ARM CAME LOOSE AND THE WIRE ROPE WITH HOOK ON END STRUCK EE IN THE MOUTH. THE HOOK CAUSED A CHIP ON THE UPPER LEFT TOOTH.
PERSON WAS HELPING REMOVE BELT FROM STORAGE UNIT. BELT HAD BEEN PULLED AND INJURED PERSON WAS DOWN ON HIS KNEES CUTTING THE BELT WITH A RAZOR BLADE KNIFE. THE KNIFE CAME OUT OF THE BELT WHILE CUTTING AND WENT ACROSS HIS LEFT KNEE, CUTTING IT. THE CUT REQUIRED SUTURES TO CLOSE.
Injured was tightening bolts on rail joint when wrench slipped catching left ring finger between wrench and cross tie causing a fracture.
Employee was unloading rock stuck in chute with sledge when he smashed finger in between beam and handle of sledgehammer.
PERSON WAS USING A PIPE WRENCH TO TIGHTEN BELTS ON #1 BLEND FEEDER BELT DRIVE. THE PIPE WRENCH SLIPPED AND PERSONS HAND WAS PINCHED BETWEEN GUARD AND HANDLE OF PIPE WRENCH CAUSING LACERATION TO LITTLE FINGER OF RIGHT HAND.
PERSON WAS HELPING TO PULL A SECTION OF RAIL. HE AND 3 OTHER MEN WERE USING RAILTONGS TO PULL THE RAIL. WHILE PULLING HE FELT PAININ HIS RIGHT ARM AT THE SHOULDER. HE CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 3/15 WHEN HE WENT TO THE DR. THE DR. HAD HIM OFF WORK UNTIL AN MRI COULD BE DONE. THE MRI RESULTS DID SHOW ARTHRITIS AND BURSITIS. A CORTIZONE SHOT WAS GIVEN ON 3/19 AND RTW ON 3/22.
PERSON WAS USING HAMMER TO LOOSEN COUPLER ON 1" WATER LINE WHEN A SMALL SLIVER OF THE HAMMER FACE CAME OFF AND PENETRATED HIS GLOVE AND INBEDDED IN HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER.
PERSON WAS USING A 10 LB HAMMER TO DRIVE CENTER PIVOT PIN BACK INTO POSITION ON A SCOOP. WHILE DRIVING PIN INTO PLACE HE FELT SOMETHING HIT HIS LEFT LEG. A SMALL PIECE OF STEEL CAME OFF HAMMER OR PIVOT PIN AND IMBEDDED IN HIS LEFT LEG.
PERSON WAS CUTTING A 5X7 POST WITH BUCK SAW, WHEN BLADE CAME OUT OF GROOVE AND CUT THE INDEX FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND CAUSING 2 CUTS ON HIS FINGER. REQUIRED SUTURES TO CLOSE CUT.
INJURED WAS REMOVING THE GUARDS ON TOP OF THE H/G CONTROLLER WHENTHE GUARD THEY HAD UNBOLTED FELL AND CUT INJURED'S RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER. LACERATION WAS GLUED AND SPLINTED.
INJURED WAS HELPING TO SET POST. ANOTHER EMPLOYEE TRYING TO WEDGE OFF END OF POST STRUCK ONE HAMMER AGAINST ANOTHER CAUSING A PIECE OF STEEL TO FLY INTO INJURED'S RIGHT FOREARM CAUSING A LACERATION.
PERSON WAS USING PRY BAR TO MOVE RAIL INTO PLACE ON CROSSTIE TO LOCK DOWN. BAR SLIPPED AND RAIL SPRANG BACK CAUSING SLATE BAR TO STRIKE HIM IN THE CHIN CAUSING LACERATION.
EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A PIECE OF BELTING THAT WAS FOULED IN A TAKE UP DOLLEY (CONVEYOR WAS IDLE). HE WAS HOLDING THE BELTING WITH HIS LEFT HAND AND CUTTING WITH A RAZOR KNIFE. THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT HIS LEFT ARM.
PERSON WAS USING UTILITY KNIFE TO CUT PIECE OF BELT TO USE AS A GUARD AT PUMP. THE UTILITY KNIFE SLIPPED AND THE BLADE CUT HIS UPPER RIGHT THIGH. REQUIRED 4 STITCHES TO CLOSE CUT.
PERSON WAS USING CUTTING TORCH TO REMOVE BOLTS FROM POWER PACK AT BELT DRIVE. AFTER CUTTING BOLTS HE RAISED HIS GLASSES AND STRUCK BOLT WITH HAMMER TO SE IF IT WAS LOOSE. A PIECE OF METAL SLAG CAME UP AND STRUCK HIM IN THE LEFT EYE CAUSING INJURY.
EE WAS ATTEMTPING TO PULL A PIECE OF STONE THAT HAD LODGED IN A GRIZZLY, USING A STEEL J-HOOK TO PULL THE ROCK FREE WHEN THE ROCK CAME LOOSEIT PULLED THE J-HOOK ALONG WITH EE'S HAND INTO ANGLE RUNNING ALONG SIDE OF FEEDER INJURING HIS LEFT HAND RING FINGER. EE DID RECEIVE 4 STITCHES IN FINGER.
INJURED PERSON WAS USING A UTILITY KNIFE TO CUT PLASTIC TIES BEING USED TO HOLD GLASS CLEANING STATION IN PLACE. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO CUT THROUGH IT FINALLY CUT THROUGH AND HIS SHOULDER J ERKED FORWARD, CAUSING INJURY.
EE WAS HELPING TO MAKE A BELT SPLICE. 1 PERSON WAS USING HAMMER TO DRIVE MULTIRIVET DRIVER & THEOTHER PERSON WAS MOVING RIVET DRIVER. INJ PERSONREACHED IN TO MOVE RIVET DRIVER & OTHER PERSON SWUNG HAMMER & STRUCK HIM ON THE RIGHT INDEX FINGER BEFORE HE COULD GET HAND OUT OF THEY WAY CAUSING INJURY
WHILE PRYING ON A LARGE STUCK ROCK IN COAL CHUTE, PRY BAR SLIPPED AND INJURED STRUCK LEFT HAND LITTLE FINGER AGAINST STEEL PLATE OF COAL CHUTE AND PRY BAR.
PERSON WAS SETTING POST FOR ADDITIONAL SUPPORT ALONG BELTLINE. WHILE USING HAMMER TO DRIVE WEDGE IN ON TOP OF POST THE HAMMER GRAZED THE ROOF AND A SMALL PIECE OF ROCK BROKE LOOSE AND STRUCK P ERSON IN MOUTH. PERSON HAD CHIPPED TOOTH AND WENT TO DENTIST TO HAVE IT REPAIRED.
PERSON WAS HELPING TO CONSTRUCT ROADWAY BRIDGE ON SECTION WITH SEVERAL OTHERS. AFTER PUTTING 3"X 8" PLANKS ON STRINGERS, INJURED WAS USING 12LBSLEDGE HAMMER TO DRIVE NAILS INTO BRIDGE BOARDS AND FELT PAIN IN CENTER OF LOWER BACK.
EE WAS PUSHING A BELT CUTTING TRACK KNIFE ACROSS 60" BELT TO MAKE A SPLICE. HIS LEFT FOREARM CONTACTED A DOUBLE-HEADED NAIL THAT WAS HOLDING THE KNIFE TEMPLATE IN PLACE AND CAUSED A LACERATION TO LEFT FOREARM.
INJURED WAS LIFTING A 6" DISCHARGE LINE TO TAKE A COUPLING APART. HE WAS USING A SLATE BAR FOR A LEVER AND FELT A PAIN WHEN HE LIFTED. EE WORKED UNTIL 1/27/00 WHEN PAIN BECAME WORSE AND HE WEN T TO THE DR. BEGAN MISSING WORK ON 1/28/00.