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EE WAS SHARPENING BITS FOR THE CUTTING MACHINE AND GOT A SMALL OBJECT IN HIS RIGHT EYE. NOT REPORTED RIGHT AWAY. EE HAS RETURNED TO WORK, BUT LOST ONE DAY. SAFETY GLASSES ARE PROVIDED FOR WHOE VER SHARPENS BITS.
EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING UP LAST BOLT HAD HOLE DRILLED ABOUT 2-4 INCHES DEEP WHEN A ROCK FELL FROM BETWEEN THE BOLTS ON LEFT HAND PINNING IT ON THE LEFT LEVER OF THE MACHINE. THE ROCK WEIGHED ABO UT 40-50 LBS. & WITNESS HELPED GET IT OFF. EMPLOYEE WENT TO HOSPITAL THE DR. GAVE HIM A SHOT & SAID THE HAND WAS JUST BRUISED.
EE WAS BOLTING TOP AND LIKED A LITTLE HAVING THE HOLE DRILLED HE WENT TO MOVE THE HEAD OF THE MACHINE AND HIT THE WRONG LEVER WHICH WAS THE UP PRESSURE AND MASHED HIS LEFT THUMB.
EE WAS HELPING THE COAL DRILL OPERATOR WITH HIS CABLE AND HE STARTED TO PICK IT UP AND GOT HUNG UP WITH THE CABLE AND THE MACHINE CAN OVER HIS HAND IT WAS HIS RIGHT HAND THE GOT THE DAMAGE DON E TO IT. THE FOREMAN WHICH WAS THE ORE HURT WASBROUGHT STRAIGHT OUTSIDE BY EE.
TRAMMING CUTTER AND STEER THE MACHINE ON HIS RIGHT FOOT.