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EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING BOLTER OPERATOR MOVE THE BOLTER. AS HE WAS CLIMBING DOWN, EMPLOYEE WAS REACHING FOR THE HANDRAIL AND INSTEAD PLACED HIS HAND ON THE CONOPY TOWER. AT THIS TIME THE OPERATOR WAS BRINGING DOWN THE CANOPY AND CAUGHT THE 1ST DIGIT OF RT. HAND, SEVERING THE TIP. REMAINS ON L, LIGHT DUTY UNTIL RELEASED BY HIS PHYSICIAN.
HE WAS STANDING ON A SCAFFOLD PLANT AND BENT OVER TO WELD A PLATE. THE HYDROSTROKE WENT FORWARD, CATCHING HIS LEG BETWEEN HANGER ROD OF HYDROSTROKE AND CHANNEL IRON.
CONDITIONS WERE RAINY. R 7 I RIGHT HAND STEERING CLUTCH AND BRAKE.
ANOTHER EE WAS WORKING ABOVE EE LOOSENING BOLTS ON CASCADE AT MILL 2. THE AIR HOSE COUPLER TO THE IMPACT GUN BROKE AT THE BASE OF THE GUN. THE LIVE AIR HOSE SWUNG DOWN AND STRUCK EE ON THE SHO ULDER AS HE WAS REPAIRING A WATER DRAIN.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING SHORT HOLES SO THAT HE COULD INSTALL STEEL SET AT THE FACE AS THE EMPLOYEE WAS STARTING TO DRILL THE EMPLOYEE SSAW SOME LOOSE START TO COME DOWN THE EMPLOYEE LET GO OF TH E JACKLEG DRILL AT THIS TIME THE DRILL THEN STRUK HIM ON THE RT SIDE OF HIS BODY
EE IN THE BASKET OF ROOF BOLTER PLACING A BOLT AND MAT WHEN A SLAB FELL STRIKING THE BASKET. THE EE WAS THROWN AGAINST THE SIDE OF THE BASKET. EE WAS PUSHED AGAINST THE BASKET CAUSING PAIN ON THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS RIBCAGE.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING ROCK BOLTS IN THE BACK OF SCISSOR TRUCK HE STARTED DRIVING IN BOLT & RAN OUT OF JACK LEG POST HE PULLED MACHINE OUT & COULDNT HOLD IT & SLIPPED OVER THE RAILING POST HIT HIM THE GROIN
JACK LEG FELL FROM SCIZZOR TRUCK AND HUNG UP ON VENT LINE. EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING TRUCK WITHOUT SECURING JACK LEG.
EE WAS CUTTING A BOARD WITH A CROSS CUT SAW, THEBOARD HAD A CABLE INSIDE OF IT. THE SAW CAUGHT THE CABLE & JERKED THE BLADE OF THE SAW INTO THE EE'S UPPER THIGH, CAUSING A LARGE AVULSION.
INJURED WAS DRILLING UP HOLES TO INSTALL ROOF BOLTS AND MATS. A ROCK BROKE OFF UNDER THE MAT, FELL AND STRUCK HIS FOREARM.
EMPLOYEE WAS GOING BY STOVE WHICH HAD A FIRE BURNING APPARENTLY THERE WAS GLASS IN THE STOVE & WHEN IT HEATED IT SHATTERED & MATERIAL PROPELLED THROUGH THE OPEN DOOR OF THE STOVE STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE IN THE ABDOMEN
EMPLOYEE STARTED TO DRILL A HOLE TO INSTALL A ROOF BOLT. A SLAB, APPROX. 2 1/2 FT X 3FT X 3FT, BROKE LOOSE AND STRUCK HIM.
WHILE GRINDING A PIECE OF KEY STOCK, 1/2" X 3/4" X 2 1/2", ON A BENCH GRINDER, THE GRINDING STONE KICKED OUT THE KEY STOCK AND THE KEY STOCK STRUCK EMPLOYEE'S THUMB.
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS WITH A SHORT DRIVER. THE LONG DRIVER SHOULD HAVE BEEN USED AND HE LOST CONTROL OF THE JACKLEG WHEN HE TRIED TO GET BACK ON THE BOLT. HE DIDN'T LET THE MACH INE GO ONCE HE LOST CONTROL AND THE JACKLEG FELL ON HIS LOWER ABDOMEN.
A 24 INCH PIPE WRENCH WAS BEING USED TO TIGHTEN A CONE LINER PIN. INJURED GRASPED THE WRENCH WAS BEING USED TO TIGHTEN A CONE LINER PIN. INJURED GRASPED THE WRENCH TO KEEP IT FROM FALLING ON S OMEONE JUST AS SOMEONE OUTSIDE THE MILL BEGAN TIGHTENING THE NUT WITH AN IMPACT WRENCH, THUS PINNING INJURED S FINGER BETWEEN PIPE WRENCH AND LINER.
EE WAS COLLARING A HOLE TO INSTALL A ROOF BOLT; A PIECE OF ROCK BROKE OFF AND STRUCK HIS FOOT.
EE WAS INSTALLING ROCK BOLTS FROM SCISSOR LIFT TRUCK. A SMALL SHARP ROCK FELL FROM AREA PREVIOUSLY DRILLED, HITTING HIM ACROSS FOREARM.
INJURED WAS REMOVING LINER BOLTS ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE CASCADE MILL. DURING THE PROCEDURE, DUST WAS BLOWN INTO HIS FACE BY THE IMPACT EXHAUST AIR. HE WAS NOT AWARE OF ANYTHING IN HIS EYE UNTIL SEVERAL HOURS LATER.
INJURED WAS WELDING AND CHIPPING SLAG; SMALL PIECE ENTERED HIS EYE. EMPLOYEE WAS NOT WEARING THE PROPER EYE PROTECTION.
THE INJURED PERSON WAS USING A HAND HELD GRINDER WHEN A SMALL PIECE OF METAL WAS THROWN, BY THE GRINDER, INTO HIS RIGHT EYE. THE GRINDING MACHINE WAS NEW, OUTOF THE BOX. THE PERSON INJURED W AS INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL A GUARD BEVFORE BEGINNING WORK WITH THE GRINDER. HE FAILED TODO SO, THUS CREATING A UNSAFE CONDITION THAT CAUSED THE INJURY. HE ALSO FAILED TO USE A FACE SHIELD, AS