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While belting the haulage unit and tightening the tail with a set of 1/2 rails, the pin snapped on the hook of the chain causing the tail to move outby quickly, hitting the employee who was extending the jabco pull cord and was hanging it on the last j-hook just outby the tail.
While making a belt splice the employee cut his left thumb with a razor knife requiring 8 stitches
Employee was helping tighten a tensioner on a belt scraper. While using the bar that comes with the scraper, it slipped and flew striking him above his left eye.
While changing a top roller on B-1 #1 belt the bar that was being used to left the belt for clearance slipped and struck the employee on his right elbow.
Employee was holding a wire rope while another employee was to cut the wire rope in two. The hammer glanced off the cutter striking the other man on the right thumb.
While trying to get the cable out from under a sheave wheel of a shuttle car, the EE was hitting a mason hammer with a ball peen hammer. While striking the hammers a piece of metal broke off the mason hammer, embedding in his left thigh.
WHILE HAMMERING ON SPLICER ROD EMPLOYEE MISSED AND HIT 5TH FINGER ON LEFT HAND CUTTING OPEN SAME.
LAYED HAND DOWN ON METAL STRAP CUT BACK OF LITTLE FINGER.