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While driving a bolt in the back with a jackleg drill, bolt slipped off driver and bolt fell out of hole striking employee's upper lip. 4 sutures were used to repair.
Employee was jacklegging in the 4-4650 when his safety glasses became dirty. He then took then off to clean. While cleaning them, a rock fell hitting the muffler, which made the rock bounce back striking him in the eye. At the clinc he was prescribed a cream and placed on light duty.
EE was collarting a hole with a jackleg. A rock slid down the steel and hit him in the chest causing a laceration that needed three stitches.
The employee was drilling a hole with a jackleg. The steel abruptly stopped turning causing the jackleg & hoses to rotate as the machine (Jackleg)rotated the employee was still holding on to it. This caused him to strain his shoulder.
Ee was removing a bolt from the ware plate on the bucket off the 988 loader. The bolt started to spin, so he tried to hold it with his hand. The bolt soun cutting through his glove and into his hand. He was taken to the medical facility, received stitches and released to full duty.
Employee was drilling a hole with a jackleg drill. When pulling the drill steel and machine out, the jackleg came off the drill steel which made the drill pivot down and smashed the employee's finger.
Employee was back dragging in spiral 3-4750 sill. He was finishing ramping the sill when boulders from top of the muck pile rolled underneath his bucket which caused the mucker to bounce up and sideways. Employee's head hit the top of the FOPS/ROPS or the remote box causing pain in his neck.
Driller's right middle finger pinched between centralizer and guide shell while connecting drill rods.
Employee was rock bolting using a jacklet. During the course of the day, he noticed pain in his stomach that continued to worsen. He had been diagnosed in August of 2004 with a hernia but felt that it was not work-related. He had postponed corrective surgery until after the first of the year. He had surgery 2/1/05 and is off work.
Pulling core tube, air pressure behind tube caused tube to hit hand.
WHILE RIGGING OUT JUMBO TO TAKE TO THE SHOP, EE BACKED JUMBO NEXT TO RIB TO UNHOOK CABLE. WHEN THE CABLE CAME FREE OF THE HOOK, THE WEIGHT CAUSED EE TO LOSE BALANCE. ATTEMPTED TO REGAIN BALANCE WITH HIS RIGHT ARM & HYPEREXTENDED HIS WRIST. ORGINALLY EVALUATED 6/26 AND GIVE WORK RELEASE. 7/13/04 FOLLOW UP SMALL FRACTURE WAS DIAGNOSED.
EE WAS MUCKING ON A TRANSFER POINT WHEN A ROCK CAME OUT OF THE RAISE STRIKING THE EE ON THE LEFT ARM JUST ABOVE THE ELBOW.
WHILE OPERATING A TRACTOR, HE DROVE OVER A BUMP WHILE BACKING UP, INJURING HIS BACK ON THE TRACTOR SEAT.