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EE WAS LETTING OUT THE LEFT DRAG ROPE ON 009 DRAGLINE WHEN SLACK CAME OUT OF THE TUGGER LINE AND HIT HIM IN THE LEFT CHEEK, CREATING A SMALL CYUT ON CHEEK,. STITCHES WERE USED TO CLOSE CUT.
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LIFT HYDRAULIC TANK THAT WAS BOLTED DOWN FROM A BLAST HOLE DRILL WITH OVERHEAD CRANE. LIFT BRACKET BROKE, STRIKING HIS LEFT HAND. LACERATION AND OPEN FRACTURE HAND.
ASSEMBLING BELLY PAN TO FRAME OF RUBBER TIRE DOZER 085. WHILE TRYING TO START A SECOND BOLT TO SECURE THE BELLY PAN TO THE FRAME (FIRST BOLT HOLDING ONLY BY FEW THREADS. EE LOWERED FLOOR JACK SUPPORTING PAN TO ALLOW REALIGNMENT. HE EXTENDEDARM TO TIGHTEN FIRST BOLT WITH AIR IMPACT GUN, WHEN THE BELLY PAN FELL LOOSE AND PINCHED HIS LEFT HAND RING FINGER. OPEN TUFF FRACTURE, SUTURE R
EE STATES HE HAD COMPLETED DRILLING WITH HIS FIRST STEEL & DROPPED MAST TO START SECOND STEEL. HIS WRENCH FELL & HE STEPPED OFF BOLTER TO RETRIEVE WRENCH. THE DRILL STEEL FELL OUT OF ROOF CATC HING HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE DRILL MAST & THE DRILL STEEL.
EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS RAISING RIGHT MAST TO ROOF ON ROOF BOLTER WHEN BOOM HIT THE CANOPY CAUSING IT TO SWING AROUND AND HIT HIM BEHIND THE RIGHT EAR.
EE WAS DRILLING A HOLE IN A JUNCTION BOX WITH A HOLE SAW. THE SAW GOT BOUND UP AND THE DRILL TWISTED. THE TOP BOLT ON THE HANDLE IS RECESSED BUT HAS A SHARP EDGE ON IT. WHEN THE DRILL TWISTED, THE SKIN ON EE S RIGHT HAND BETWEEN HIS THUMB AND FIRST FINGER MUST HAVE PUSHED DOWN IN THE RECESS AND GOT CAUGHT ON THE SHARP EDGE, CUTTING THE SKIN AND REQUIRING FOUR STITCHES.
EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS ROOF BOLTING AND WHILE BRINGING STEELS OUT, THE TOP SECTION OF STEEL HUNG IN HOLE AND THE BOTTOM SECTION CAME AROUND AND HIT HIM, FRACTURING HIS NOSE.
EE WAS WORKING ON A MEFCORE PUMP (ON THE BELT LINE) BLOCKED THE PUMP UP AND THE BLOCK VIBRATED OUT CATCHING HIS FINGER ON A BOLT THAT PULLED IT THROUGH THE PUMP BEWEEN THE BOLT AND FLY WHEEL.
WORKING IN THE OLD PRIMARY, TIGHTENING BOLTS ON THE A-CRUSHER USING AN AIR IMPACT WRENCH. BODY POSITIONING MAY HAVE CAUSED A STRAIN TO HIS BACK.
WHILE ROOF BOLTING A PIECE OF ROCK DISLODGED FROM THE ROOF. EMPLOYEE'S HAND WAS ON THE BOOM, THE ROCK CAME DOWN AND HIT HIS HAND, SMASHING RIGHT HAND.
EE WAS OPERATING ROOF BOLTER AND HE WAS BRINGING HIS DRILL STEEL OUT OF THE HOLE. HE REACHED FOR THE MAST JACK LEVER TO LOWER DRILL HEAD, INSTEAD HE GOT THE DRILL STEEL CLAMP, CAUSING HIS FING ER TO BECOME CAUGHT WHEN THE CLAMPS CLOSED.
EE WAS INSTALLING TRUSS BOLTS. AFTER DRILLING INITAL HOLE HE ADDED SECOND STEEL. FIRST STEEL SLIPPED OUT OF THE HOLE CATCHING EE LITTLE FINGER BEYWEEN END OF STEEL & JAW AREA OF THE BOLTER
EE WAS USING BAND SAW WHEN A PIECE OF METAL CAME OFF CLEANING WHEEL, GETTING IN HIS RT EYE.
EE WAS SLIDING RELAY BAR UP FACE ALONG OTHER RELAY BARS, USING A HOIST. THE SLIDING RELAY BAR ROLLED AND HUNG UP. EE S ATTEMPTED TO FREE TO HUNG UP RELAY BAR BY ROLLING IT. WHEN RELAY BAR ROLL ED, THE HOIST CABLE CAME LOOSE CATCHING EE S FOOT BETWEEN TWO RELAY BARS.
DOZER 064 WAS DOZING OVER THE HIGHWALL AND PUTTING IN A RAMP TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SOUTHWEST PIT TO PULL WATER FROM THE SUMP AFTER THE CAST BLAST IS SHOT. WAS ALSO DOZING OVER COAL THAT WAS LEFT AT THE END OF THE COAL PIT TO PREVENT FIRES. COAL FENDER BROKE OUT FROM UNDER HIM AND SLID THE DOZER OVER HIGHWALL ABOUT 30' AND ROLLEDIT ON ITS TOP. EMP TAKEN TO HOSP. SCRAPES/BRUISE
WHILE INSTALLING DRAG ROPESON DRAG DRUM ON 009 DRAGLINE. EE WAS INSPECTING A PROBLEM ON THE REVVING OF THE TUGGER LINE. HE PUT HIS HANDS ON THE TUGGER LINE TO CHECK IT, HE WAS NOT AWARE THA T THE LINE WAS SSTILL MOVING WHEN HE TOUCHED IT. WHEN THE TUGGER LINE MOVED, IT SLIPPED OFF A BLOCK CAUSING IT TO JUMP ABOUT 5" AND JAMMED HIS WRISTS. ON MONDAY 7-29-96 HE WAS DIAG WITH 2 FRA
REMOIVNG TAILGATE FROM HAUL TRUCK 219. TWO OVERHEAD CRANES WERE HOOKING UPTOWARDS THE REAR OF TH TAILGATE WITH NYLON SLINGS (ONE ON EACH SIDE) TO SECURE THE TAILGATE. TAILGATE PIVOT PIN WAS REMOVED FROM LEFT SIDE, TAILGATE PIVOT PIN ON RIGHT SID EOCULD NOT BE PULLED OUT. POSITIONED A MANLIFT PERPENDICULAR TO RIGHT SIDE OF TRUCK AN DUSIN GA CUTTING TORCH TO CUT PIN. MADE A COUPL
WASHING TOOLS THAT WERE USED IN FIRE AT THE 001 SHOVEL. USING STEAM HOSE, WENT TO TURN OVER A PULLASKI TOOL AND STEAM WENT DOWN INSIDE FIRE GLOVES. COULDN'T GET GLOVES OFF FAST ENOUGH BECAUSE OF ICE AND WATER SOAKED, CAUSING IT TO KEEP BURNING. RESULT WAS 1ST AND 2ND DEGREE BURN, LARGE BLISTERS. DEBRIDEMENT OF SKIN.
WHILE ROOF BOLTING, EMP INADVERTENTLY PUSHED WRONG CONTROL LEVER, CLOSING THE STEEL CLAMP ON HISLEFT THUMB.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING ROOF BOLTER. HE WAS LEANING OVER THE BOOM WITH HIS LEFT HAND GUIDING THE STEEL AND USING HIS RIGHT HAND TO RUN THE HEAD UP THE STEEL. HE PUSHED THE WRONG LEVER, CATCHING HIS LITTLE FINGER IN THE STEEL CLAMP.
WORKER WAS WALKING PAST MACHIEN BEING SPRAYED AND WATER STREAM HIT HIM IN RIGHT EYE.
EMPLOYEE ALLEGES THAT HE WORK UP SORE SEVERAL DAYS AFTER ROOF BOLTING AND SETTING STEEL SETS. HE ALLEGES PRE-EXISTING SHOULDER INJURY WAS AGGRAVATED. NO RECORDABLE TREATMENT WAS RENDERED UNTIL 4-24-96 WHEN HE ELECTED TO HAVE SHOULDER SURGERY AGAIN.
MACHINE OPER WAS STANDING AT GUNNITE MACHINE WITH EMPTY BAG REMOVED LETTING MATERIAL RUN OUT HE REACHED FOR A CHUNK OF HARDENED GUNNITE IH THE HOPPER WITH OUT TURNING AIR VALVE OFF TO STOP MAC HINE ROTATION MIDDLE FINGER LEFT HAND WAS CAUGHTBETWEEN CHUNK & LOWER AGATATOR ARM CRUSHING TIP OF FINGER
REMOVING THE SWING FRAME FROM D-11N FOR WELDING REPAIRS.INJURED WAS RUNNING CRANE CONTROLS TO PLACE FRAME ON A BLOCK.REAR IDLER CAME IN CONTACT W/FLOOR AND STARTED TO PUSH BOGIE ASSEMBLY FORWA RD,IDLER STARTED FORWARD AND PINCHED HIS HAND BETWEEN FRAME AND BOGIE ASSEMBLY.CUTS TO TOP AND BOTTOM OF HAND,REQUIRING STITCHES.
LONG TERM EXPOSURE TO LOOKING OVER SHOULDER AND JARRING MOTION OF DOZING OPERATION.
EE WAS STANDING BACK FROM THE CONTINUOUS MINER, WHEN A PIECE OF COAL FELL FROM UNDER CHAIN LINK, HITTING HIS RIGHT HAND AND HEAD.
INJURED WAS RIPPING INT EH KEY AT #011 DRAGLING WIHT #048 DOZER. THE DOZER SLID OFF A ROCK OR ELDGE AND CAME DOWN VERY HARD. WHEN THE DOZER CAME DOWN, IT JOLTED HIM PRETTY GOOD AND THE LEFT ARM REST CAME IN CONTACT WITH HIS LEFT SIDE. COPLAINED OF LOWER BACK PAIN AND KIDNEY PAIN. HE RECEIVEC CHIRO TREATMENT.
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON LEFT BOOM PLATFORM OF THE ROOF BOLTER. AS THE RIGHT BOOM WAS MOVED, THE PLATFORM HE WAS STANDING ON SHOOK, CAUSING HIM TO LOSE HIS BALANCE. THE EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT ELBOW STRUCK AGAINST THE ATRS, RESULTING IN A BRUISED AND CHIPPED ELBOW.
WHILE INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS, SHELL BECAME STUCK IN CRACK IN ROOF. ROOF BOLT BENT PINCHING ALANS LITTLE FINGER AGAINST DRILL HEAD.
ACCORDING TO OUR FOREMANS LOG BOOK EE WENT TO THE HOSPITAL TO BE TREAT ED FOR FLASH BURNS & RUST PARTICLES IN HIS EYE HE WAS GRINDING ACCORDING TO HIS TIME TICKET
FINISHED BUFFING 3306 ENGINE BLOCK & WAS USING THE AIR WAND TO BLOW DEBRI LEFT FROM HIS WORK AREA FOREIGN PARTICLE GOT INTO HIS LEFT EYE EYE WAS MEDICATED & PARTICLE REMOVED
EE RAISED BOOM & SWUNG BOOM OJT TO INSTALL BOLT APPARENTLY BACK REST HUNG UP ON ATRS & SWUNG BACK HITTING EE IN THE LOWER BACK LEAVING A RED MARK & IT KNOCKED THE WIND OUT OF HIM
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE FLETCHER SINGLE BOOM BOLTER, TRAMMING IT FORWARDWHEN THE BOLTER SURGED FORWARD, PINNING HIS LEFTFOOT BETWEEN THE TRACK AND THE FLOOR.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING IN CONCRETE ABOVE HIS HEAD. WHILE LOOKING UP, CONCRETE CHIP FELL IN RIGHT EYE. EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES WITH SIDE SHIELDS.
EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO SPREAD THE FORKS ON THE BOOM TRUCK WHEN AFORK SLIPPED AND CRUSHED HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN TE BACK OF THE FORK AND THE STOP.
INJURED WAS FUNCTION TESTING WHEN A ROCK FELL OFF THE TOP OF THE CANOPY, HIS LEFT HAND WAS ON THE PAN HANDLE WHEN THE ROCK HIT HIS HAND AND SNAPPED HIS WRIST BACK.
EE WAS SETTING SIGHTS AT THE MINE. HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES BUT FINE ROCK DUST BLEW OUT FROM THE FAN INTO HIS FACE AND SETTLED IN HIS LEFT EYE.
WHILE INSTALLING ROOF MATS, THE DRILL HEAD CAME IN CONTACT WITH TRS KNOCKING EE OFF TRS. HE CAUGHT HIS LEFT FOOT ON DRILLING PLATFORM ON THE WAY DOWN.
WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LOCATE A LEAKING HYDRAULIC HOSE ON THE FLETCHER ROOF BOLTER, EMPLOYEE INADVETENTLY GRABBED A HOSE THAT HAD A PINHOLE LEAK. WHEN THE PUMP MOTOR WAS TURNED ON, HYDRAULIC FLUI D UNDER PRESSURE PIERCED HIS GLOVE AND WAS INJECTED INTO THE EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT RING FINGER. EMPLOYEE WAS ADMITTED INTO THE HOSPITAL FOR OBSERVATION AFTER THE FLUID WAS REMOVED FROM HIS FINGER.
WORKING IN ELECTRICAL CABINET ON #010 DRAGLINE MCC ROOM AND CABINET FANS BLEW SOME DIRT IN RIGHT EYE. SMRTEAM MEMBER REMOVED DIRT FROM EYE, CONTINUED TO HAVE PROBLEM WITH EYE, SEEN COMPANY NUR SE NEXT DAY AND EYE DOCTOR. RUST RING REMOVED FROM EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS REPAIRING MOTOR ON WELDER, REACHED TO THROTLE MOTOR AND STUCK HAND IN FAN. FAN DID HAVE FAN GUARD IN PLACE.
WHILE OPERATING FLOOR SWEEPER TO CLEAN BAY 1, FELT SOMETHING PULL IN NECK AREA. NECK WAS SORE AND STIFF. NECK STRAINED - R/O HERNIATED DISC. USING NECK STRETCHER AS TREATMENT.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A CUTTING TORCH WHEN HE SWITCHED THE TORCH TO HIS LEFT HAND & INADVERTENTLY BURNED HIS RT HAND HE REMOVED HIS GLOVE JUST BEFORE EXCHANGING THE TORCH TO THE LEFT HAND
STOOPING OVER BREAKOUT WRENCH AREA OF DRILL J024 PERFORMING AN AIR ARC JOB FELT SORENESS IN LOWER BACK AREA TRIED TO STAND UP BUT WAS UNABLE HAD BEEN IN POSITION FOR ABOUT 5 MIN. SORENESS STIF FNESS IN LOWER BACK AREA RECEIVED MUSCLE STIMULATION FROM CHIROPRACTOR.
A LUMP OF COAL WAS CAUGHT IN FEEDER GATE. THE EMPLOYEE REACHED IN TO DISLODGE THE LUMP WHEN ITFELL TO THE SIDE PINNING HIS RIGHT HAND AGAINST THE SIDE OF THE FEEDER.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A ROOF BOLTER WHEN HE CAUGHT HIS ELFT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN THE MAST & A WRENCH
TROUBLESHOOTING TRANSMISSION KICK OUT SWITCH ON #992 BACKHOE. SWITCH WAS ACTIVATED AND PINCHED FINGER BETWEEN SWITCH PLUNGER AND THE SHIFTING LEVER. AVULSED RIGHT INDEX FINGER NAIL WITH DISTAL TUFT FRACTURE.
TIED OFF TO ROOF FAFTER, BURNING HOLE IN PURLIN HAD TORCH HOSE DRAPED OVER RAFTER. WHILE CUTTINGEXCESS HOSE FELL TO GROUND, PULLING TORCH DOWN ACROSS LEFT HAND, BURNED BACK OF HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON GRATING BELOW DISHARGE CHUTES GUIDING A SECTION OF R-4 CONVEYOR FRAME INTO PLACE USING A CHAIN HOIST ON ONE END AND A CRANE ON THE OTHER. AS THE FRAME CLEARED THE R-4 TRUSS IT SHIFTED, PINCHING HIS HAND BETWEEN THE FRAME AND BOTTOM FLANGE OF THE CHUTE. RIGHT HAND SUFFERED FRACTURES TO TWO MIDDLE DIGITS.
EMPLOYEE WAS CONNECTING 8" PORTABLE HAND HELD AIR GRINDER TO AIR HOSE. WHEN CONNECTION WAS MADE GRINDER STARTED. DISC WAS BROKEN AND A PIECE STRUCK EMPLOYEE'S FINGER.