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HE WAS WELDING ON 4" SALT UNLOADING LINE. HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES AND WELDING HOOD, BUT A PIECE OF WELDING SLAG ENTERED LEFT EYE. WAS WORKING IN SHOP AT WELDING BENCH.
POSITION OF HANDS UNDER ARMATURE. POSITION OF PRESS, PRESS WAS CLOSE TO FLOOR. A PIECE OF WOOD COULD HAVE BEEN USED TO STOP ARMATURE, HURRYING TO COMPLETE JOB.
WHILE DRILLING WITH A SINKING HAMMER, EMPLOYEE STRAINED BACK WHEN PULLING DRILL OUT OF HOLE.
MINER WAS PULLING MACHINE OUT OF HOLE AND HE WAS DRILLING. STRAINED A MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK.
WHILE PULLING DRILL STEEL FROM HOLE MACHINE FEL PINCHING HAND BETWEEN MACHINE & SADDLE DIAGNOSED WITH TRAMATIC TENDONITIS NO FRACTURE NO SUTURES.
SMASHED END OF FINGER REMOVING STEEL FRACT TO TER M TUFT
EE WAS USING AN AIR ARC AND HAND GRINDER. HE WAS NOT SURE HOW THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED. HE THINKS A PIECE OF METAL DEFLECTED OFF HIS GLASSES NO METAL WAS FOUND IN HIS EYE.
EMPLOYEE HAD ROCK OR SMALL PIECE OF STEEL IN EYE. EMPLOYEE WAS MUCKING SHAFT WITH CLAM AT TIME. PARTICLE WAS REMOVED BY PHYSICISIANS ASSISTANT.
MINER WAS ASSISTING FOREAMN IN DRILLING. JACKLEG GOT AWAY AND BUMPED MINER AN SHOULDER. HE DID NOT SEE A DOCTOR, BUT A PHYISICIAN'S ASSISTANT GAVE HIM A PRESCIPTION FOR A PULLED MUSCLE.
MINER WAS REMOVING A STEEL FROM A BOLT IN THE BACK THE STEEL TENDER SLIPPED AND THE STEEL FELL OUT OF THE HOLE AND HIT HIM ON TOP OF LEFT FOOT. A SMALL BRUISE DEVOLPED.
SURVEYOR WAS WALKING BEHIND JACKLEG WHILE MINER WAS DRILLING. LEG SLIPPED AND HTI SURVEYOR'S ANKLE CAUSING A SEVER BRUISE.
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING JACKLEG STEEL OUT OF LIFTER HOLE WHEN HE TWISTED LOWER BACK
JACK LEG GOT AWAY FROM MINER, STRAINE DBACK GETTING OUT OF THE WAY SO HE WOULDN'T FALL OFF MUCK PILE.
WHILE DRILLING RAISE ROUND ROCK CHIPPED FROM FACE & CUT ARM
MAN PINCHED FINGER ON JACK LEFF DRILL WHEN STEEL SLIPPED WHILE HE WAS COLLARING HOLE.
MAN WAS HIT IN THE HEAD (HARD HAT) AND HANDS BY FALLING SLAB FROM THE BACK WHILE DRILLING THE FACE
WHILE DRILLING A RAISE ROUND EMP HIT IN CHIN AND SHOULDER WITH FALLING ROCK
WHILE TRYING TO3FREE A SLUSHER CABLE THAT WAS HUNG UP, THIS INDIVIDUAL, A MINE FOREMAN, ACTIVATED SLUSHER MOTOR WHILE STANDING IN FRONT OF THE QUARD. CABLE SNAPPED CUTTING THE BACK OF HIS LEFT HAND. 3
MINER WAS DRILL3NG BOLT HOLES IN BACK AT THE 3820 LEVEL WHEN A SLAB HIT HIM IN THE LEFT FOREARM.
MINER WAS ROOF 6OLTING WHEN A SMALL SHARP ROCK FELL FROM THE BACK HITTING HIM ON THE RT FOREARM CAUSING A SHORT GASH ON THE ARM WHICH REQUIRED STITCHES
MECHANIC WAS GR3NDING A PART WITH A HAND HELD GRINDER WHICH CAME APART A PIECE OF THE FLYING WHHEEL HIT EMPLOYEE ON FOREHEAD CAUSING A LACERATION WHICH REQUIRED STITCHES
INJURED WAS REM2VING SAFETY CHAIN FROM CRADLE OF RAISE DRILL WHEN DRILLER POSITIONED ROD NEXT TO HIM. ROD CAME OUT OF CLAMPING DEVICE, STRIKING AND LAYING ON TOP OF INJURED, CAUSING CUT TO H EAD AND BRUISED3CHEST.
MAN WAS RIDING 6OLT BASKET TO WORK DECK FROM BOTTOM OF SHAFT TO REACH PHONE . A ROLL OF WIRE SHIFTED CAUSING BASKET TO TILT. AS BASKET ROSE MANS FOOT BECAME LODGED BETWEEN B ASKET AND SKIP 1UIDE POINT.
SMALL ROCK BROK9 LOOSE FROM BROW WHILE ROOF BOLTING, ROCK HIT MINER IN HEAD
MAN DRILL CLOSE3TO RIB SLAB OF LOOSE FELL HITTING MAN IN BACK OF LEG.
MAN WAS LIFTING3JACK LEG FROM DOWN HOLE AND THROUGH SUD OUT OF JOINT.
MAN WAS DRILLING WITH JACKLEG DRILL ON RIB OF SHAFT LEF SLIPPED "D" RING ON JACKLEG HIT MAN ON LEFT KNEE.
MAN BOLTING USING HAMMER.WHILE TRYING TO START BOLTING,HAMMER SLIPPED SMASHED AND BROKE HIS FINGER.