Was putting a drive belt on the crusher and was checking the underside to see if the belt needed to be rotated and the belt was put into reverse and EE's hand was on the belt and was pulled in between the belt and shiv, injuring EE's left hand.
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Showing all 6Couple of boulders got stuck in the feeder. Employee walked up to catwalk to take a look and a rock shot out of the feeder hitting them in the chin on the right side causing a laceration.
Miner was attempting to start a pull start pressure washer, when he pulled on the rope and released the rope his left index finger got caught in the rope and pulled the skin back between the last and middle knuckle.
Employee was power washing machinery and something got into right eye.
Employee was clearing a blockage in the drill bit of a hydraulic track drill. While unthreading the drill head, the drill stem came loose, causing the entire section to fall and crush his right ring finger.
Socket came off an impact wrench striking employee in the mouth.