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WHILE MAKING REPAIRS ON MINER CABLE, EMPLOYEE PULLED UTILITY KNIFE OVER LEFT THUMB CAUSING LACERATION REQUIRING 5 STITCHES.
CONTACTORS ON MANTRIP WOULD NOT STAY ENGAGED. EE WAS USING A HAMMER TO MANUALLY KEEP CONTACTORS ENGAGED. HAMMER STRUCK ROOF SUPPORT SQUEEZING HAND BETWEEN SUPPORT AND HAMMER. EE RETURNED TO LIGHT DUTY.
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING PIECE OF MINE BELTING WHILE PULLING KNIFE TOWARD HIMSELF EMPLOYEE SLIPPED WITH KNIFE AND STABBED HIMSELF IN LEFT LEG REQUIRING SEVERAL STITCHES.
WHILE CUTTING MINE BELT WITH UTILITY KNIFE, KNIFE SLIPPED OVER BELT SQUARE AND CUT EMPLOYEE ON RIGHT THUMB REQUIRING THREE STITCHES AND TETANUS SHOT.
WHILE CUTTING INSULATION OFF MOTOR LEADS WITH UTILITY KNIFE, KNIFE SLIPPED, CUTTING EE ON LEFT HAND, REQUIRING 5 STITCHES.
MAKING A SPLICE WITH A UTILITY KNIFE. KNIFE SLIPPED ON BELT, CUTTING RIGHT INDEX FINGER. EE WORKED 3 DAYS THEN WENT ON VACATION FOR WEEK BEFORE REPORTING STITCHES OF WHICH HE RECEIVED THREE WH ILE ON VACATION.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING SLEDGE HAMMER ON SIDE PANEL OF A FROZEN CHUTE; HE RUPTURED LEFT BICEP MUSCLE- LOST TIME ACCIDENT STARTED 4/27/00 WHEN HE HAD HIS BICEP SURGERY.