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Employee had just finished drilling a lifter hole with a jackleg drill and was pulling the drill out of the hole when he felt a pain in his back. This injury was initially reported as a minor injury but persistent symptoms caused the employee to seek medical care on 9/26/12. This was diagnosed as a strain and the employee received a cortisone injection.
Employee was sitting on motor while EE was mucking with 12b mucker and got sand in his right eye.
Employee was lifting the step of the track mucker to put it into the mucker bucket. Employee was assisting the lift with his leg and his right little finger was caught between the step and the mucker bucket. Right little finger was fractured just below the first joint.
The employee was pulling out of a jackleg hole when he inadvertently opened the chuck tender which released the steel unexpectedly. This caused the machine to fall forward and his hand was pinched between the nose of the machine and the rock. His glove was caught in the chuck tender so he couldn't pull his hand away.
The employee was engaged in the slushing phase of his mining cycle. He walked by a compressed air ventilation device ie:(whiz bang) and a particle was blown into his eye. He reported that he was wearing safety glasses which is required by our safety policy.
The employee was drilling the face with a jackleg drill. As he pulled the drill out of a back hole he felt a pain in his shoulder. This injury occurred during the course of his normal work and was not the result of any occurrence out of the ordinary.
EE was bolting with a jackleg drill and as he attempted to insert the split bolt driver that was in the chuck into the bolt he lost his footing and the machine continued to move forward and rotated back on the swivel to the locked back position. At this moment his left middle finger was in the pinch point of the machine.
The victim had just installed a dywidag bolt with a jackleg. As he pulled the driver off of the bolt he lost his balance and the machine pivoted forward against the leg. The victim's hand was in this pinch point and the result was a laceration on the pinky finger and possible hairline fracture.
Running bazooka diamond drill, cycle drill steel cuff of glove caught in slide mechanism crushing tip of right thumb resulting in amputation of thumb tip.
Miner was preparing to bolt the roof when he stumbled and inadvertently twisted the leg feed on the drill. Machine rose up suddenly and struck the miner in the mouth. Miner's front bridge was broken and had 2 sutures on the inside of his upper lip. There were 4 teeth broken out of the bridge.
Drill steel was hung up in hole, pulling on machine came out quick and smashed "R" ring finger between rib and jack leg which cut tip of "R" ring finger.
As EE was bolting his brow round in 40-298W, a slab peeled off the crown of the brow. The slab hit the end of the steel and pushed the machine back towards the inside cap. This caused the EE to get his fingers pinched between the machine and the cap.
EE was drilling brow round 4th hole in row 4, had difficulty collaring hole. EE woke up on deck. Supervisor conducting accident investigation assumes EE lost control of jack leg drill and drill steel clipped him on the right side of his head.
EE injured "L" shoulder while drilling round. Doctor put on light duty as of April 23rd 2010.
Employee was using electric chain saw to cut timber in shaft bottom. Employee had cut timber on one and switched to the other side when he got his hand near the chain catching his glove and pulling his finger into the chain causing a laceration on his finger.
Employee was collaring a hole in a back stope round when a small sharp rock struck him above the arm guard causing a laceration on the bicep.
Employee was helping another employee who was bolting with a jack leg drill. Employee who was drilling, lost his grip on jack leg and it fell over causing the leg to flip up striking the helper in the elbow.
Employee was drilling with jackleg. Jackleg kicked out and the handle hit left knee and hyperextended it.
Rerailing a 12B track mucker and pinched finger requiring sutures.
While drilling, the leg malfunctioned. The leg knocked off the employee's hard hat, and the drill steel struck him on the top of his head.
Employee got his fingers in a pinch point trying to rerail a 12B track mucker.
Employee was drilling at the face. Steel broke at the chuck tender causing machine to lunge forward. Employee lost his balance and struck face with left shoulder.
Employee had been drilling. Gloves and machine oily. He lost his slip on machine and when he tried to regain his grip off smashed his finger.
EE was installing rock bolts. When EE was pulling steel from drill hole, it hung up causing the jack leg drill to jerk causing a shoulder strain.
Employee was pulling jackleg and steel from gravel filled drill hole. Pulling hard when steel came free of hole causing employee to hit rib smashing ring finger of left hand.