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EMPLOYEE LACERATED LEFT HAND LITTLE FINGER WHEN INSERTING BOLT INTO HOLE. HE CAUGHT LITTLE FINGER BETWEEN ROOF BOLT AND MESH HEAD. STITCHES WEREREQUIRED.
LACERATION TO FINGER WHILE TRYING TO GET DRILL OUT OF ROOF IT FELL AND HIT FINGER.
EE FRACTURE TO MIDDLE FINGER ON LEFT HAND, HE WAS DRILLING INSIDE HOLE, HAD EXPERIENCED SUCTION PROBLEMS, PUT LEFT HAND ON TOP OF WRENCH TO CHECK SUCTION. THE STEEL THAT WAS LEFT IN ROOF FELL OUT OF THE HOLE AND STRUCK HAND.
SMASHED TIP OF RING FINGER ON LEFT HAND OFF. WHILE DRILLING A HOLE BOLTING THE DRILL HEAD CAME APART, THE STEEL FELL AND HIT HIS FINGER.
WHILE OPERATING CONT MINER, RIB BROKE OFF AND STRUCK LOWER LEG AND RIGHT FOOT, BREAKING 2ND TOE.STARTED RESTRICTED DUTY 10/6/98 EE WAS WAITING FOR REPLACEMEMT METATARSOL BOOTS WHICH HE NORMAL LY WEAR. THAT WOULD HAVE PREVENTED THIS INJURY Y
STRAINED TO REACH HOLES TO INSTALL BOLTS, FELT PAIN IN UPPER LEFT ARM
WHILE RUNNING THE ROOF BOLTER EE WAS PUSHING A STEEL UP INTO THE ROOF AND THE STEEL BENT AND PINCHED EE'S LEFT THUMB. EE HAD TO HAVE 5 STITCHES IN HIS LEFT THUMB.
EE REPORTS HE CLIMBED UP ON BOLTER AND HIT DRILL FEED, PINCHING HIM BETWEEN TRAY AND DRILL HEAD. WILL RETURN TO RESTRICTED DUTY ON 6-3-98.
CHANGING NOZZLE IN END OF STEAM CLEANER. EE GRASPED HANDLE AND ACCIDENTLY SQUEEZED TRIGGER RELEASING PRESSURE WHICH MADE HOLE THRU GLOVE AND SKIN AT BASE OF MIDDLE FINGER RIGHT HAND
WHILE RUNNING JACKLEG IN 8 RIGHT BELLINE INSTALLING CABLE TRUSS, ROCKFELL FROM ROOF AND STRUCK LEFT EYE AND LEFT CHEEK. SAFETY GLASSES STAYED ON FACE. DEBRIS CAUSED IRRRITATION/INFLAMMATION TO LEFT EYE THAT REQUIREE PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION.
EE INSTALLING U JOINT BOLTS USING ALLEN SOCKET IN IMPACT WRENCH. EE SOCKET SLIPPED OUT OF BOLT AND STRUCK RIGHT HAND. THE SOCKET PUNCTURED THE RIGHT HAND BEFORE HE COULD RELEASE TRIGGER ON IMP ACT WRENCH. SUTURES WERE REQUIRED.
PUSHED "L" KEY TOPUSH THE PAN AND CAUGHT LEFT FOOT BETWEEN SHIELD RELAY BAR AND PAN. RESTRICTED DUTY EFFECTIVE 9-11-96.
EE CAUGHT HIS LITTLE FINGER OF THE RIGHT HAND BETWEEN THE WRENCH AND THE CLAMP ON THE BOLTER SUTURES WERE REQUIRED TO CLOSE THE WOUND
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON HIGH RIB OPERATING THE CM WHEN A PIECE OF COAL FELL FROM THE ROOF AND STRUCK HIM ON HIS HARD HAT. THE HARD HAT PUSHED AGAINST HIS SAFETY GLASSED, WHICH CUT THE BRIDGE OF HIS NOSE. THE CUT REQUIRED FOUR STITCHES. EMPWAS ON REGULAR SCHEDULED DAYS OFF 6-29 - 7-4-96.
WAS SCREENING STOKER SAMPLE AND PUT HAND ON SCREEN TO PUSH COAL AWAY FROM SIDE OF SCREEN AND CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN FRAME AND VIBRATING UNIT.
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING A ROOF BOLT WHEN THE PLATE FELL DOWN AND SMASHED HIS RIGHT THUMB BETWEEN THE PLATE AND THE WRENCH. SUTURES WERE REQUIRED TO CLOSE THE WOUND, WHICH MAKES THIS A MEDICAL REPORTABLE INCIDENT.
EE WAS OPERATING ROOF BOLTER WHEN A STEEL FELL FROM THE ROOF AND STRUCK HIS RIGHT HAND. IT STRUCK HIS HAND AGAINST STEEL AND A WRENCH. THE RESULT WAS A LACERATION WHICH REQUIRED SUTURES.
INJURED CAUGHT THE LITTLE FINGER OF HIS LEFT HAND IN THE STEEL GUID CLAMP ON A ROOF BOLTER WHEN HE BUMPED THE WRONG LEVER. SUTURES WERE REQUIRED TO CLOSE THE WOUND AND HE WAS PLACED ON RESTRI CTED DUTY 1-16-96.
EE WAS STRUCK ON THE FOREHEAD BY A CHUNK OF COAL THAT WAS PICKED UP BY THE TAILGATE WHEEL AND THROWN INTO THE SHIELDS. A LACERATION RESULTED THAT REQUIRED SEVERAL SUTURES TO CLOSE THE WOUND.
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING A CROSS-BRACING CLIP ON NEW STEEL ON A SURFACE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT. HE WAS TIED OFF WITH A LANYARD ON A FULL BODY HARNESS, USING A CUTTING TORCH. HIS TORCH CUT THE LANYAR D AND HE FELL BACKWARDS DOWN ELEVEN FEET ONTO THE DECK BELOW. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AND RELEASED THE SAME DAY. HE RETURNED TO WORK THE FOLLOWING DAY.
EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING A CRIB BLOCK BETWEEN THE RIB AND THE MINER TAIL WHILE ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS BACKING UP THE MINER. HIS LEFT WRIST BECAME CAUGHT BETWEEN THE RIB AND THE BLOCK WHEN THE MINER JERKED. SUTURES WERE REQUIRED TO CLOSE THE WOUND AND HE WAS PLACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY.
INJURED WAS STRUCK ON THE HAND BY A CHUNK OF COAL THAT BLEW FROM THE LONGWALL FACE. HIS RIGHT PINKY FINGER WAS FRACTURED. HE IS WEARING A SPLINT AND CONTINUING HIS REGULAR WORK.
EE WAS PULLING A WINCH CABLE OUT TO HOOK UP TO THE SHIELD WHEN THE CABLE POPPED AROUND THE DRUM AND JERKED HIS ARM. INJURED WAS TREATED BY A PHYSICIAN ON 7-20-95, AND PLACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY AT THAT TIME.
INJURED STATES THAT AS THE STEEL WAS BEING LOWERED ON THE JACKLEG DRILL, THE JOINT FOR THE EXTENSION CAME APART. WHEN THE TOP STEEL FELL OUT OF THE HOLE, IT GLANCED OFF THE LOWER STEEL & STRUC K HIS LEFT HAND WHICH WAS RESTING ON THE HANDLE OF THE JACKLEG.
INJURED WAS CHIPPING SLAG FROM A WELD WHEN A PIECE OF METAL CAUGHT BEHIND HIS SAFETY GLASSES AND BECAME LODGED IN HIS RIGHT EYE. EE THINKS IT POSSIBLE THAT THE FOREIGN OBJECTS MAY HAVE BEEN ON HIS GLOVE AND TRANSFERRED TO HIS EYE LATER. RX ANTIBIOTIC MEDICATION WAS RX.
EMPLOYEE CLAIMS THAT THE MINER CABLE FELL FROM THE RIB, CAUTH IN THE HEAD OF THE MINER AND CAUGHT HIM BETWEEN THE MINER AND THE CABLE.
EE WAS WALKING UP RIGHT SIDE OF BOLTER, SLIPPED, PUT HIS RIGHT HAND OUT TO CATCH HIMSELF AND HIS HAND "RIGHT" WENT BEHIND BELT GUARD, CATCHING HIS RING FINGER AND CUTTING IT VERY BAD, GUARD WA S NOT LONG OR WIDE ENOUGH TO KEEP AN EE FROM SLIPPING HIS HAND IN ON THE PULLEY AND BELT. NEW MACHINE.
EMPLOYEE SUSTAINED A PUNCTURE WOUND WHEN HE WAS STRUCK BY A PIECE OF COAL THAT BURST FROM TEH LONGWALL FACE.
INJURED WAS ROOF BOLTING WHEN EXTENSION TO STEEL SEPARATED FROM FIRST STEEL AND FELL OUT OF HOLE INJURED TRIED TO GRAB STEEL. WHILE DOING SO, RIGHT FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN TWO STEELS. HE THE N RECEIVED STITCHES.
DRILL STEEL WAS STUCK IN HOLE AND WHEN HE PULLED IT OUT IT CAME FREE QUICKLY AND HIS THUMB WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE DRILL STEEL AND DRILL HEAD. INJURY BECAME REPORTABLE ON 10-26-94 WHEN PHYSICIA N HAD TO REMOVE THE THUMB NAIL. HE WAS RELEASED FULL DUTY UNTIL THAT TIME.
WHILE WORKING BEHIND SHIELDS, DUST, COAL, ETC., SLID OFF BACK OF SHIELD AS EE WAS LOOKING UP. DEBRIS FELL INTO HIS LEFT EYE. DR. REMOVED FOREIGN PARTICLE AND RX WAS GIVEN FOR CORTISPORIN.
WHILE GRINDING A PIECE OF METAL WITH A HAND GRINDER, A SMALL FOREIGN BODY ENTERED HIS RIGHT EYE UNDER HIS SAFETY GLASSES AND SIDE SHIELD. IMBEDDED PARTICLE WAS REMOVED BY A PHYSICIAN AND PRESC RIPTION MEDICATION WAS ORDERED.
INJURED WAS ATTEMPTING TO ROTATE THE BOOM AND HIT THE JAWS LEVER BY MISTAKE. HIS LEFT HAND WAS CAUGHT IN THE JAWS.
WHILE PUTTING RESIN INTO DRILL HOLE, INJURED TURNED SIDEWAYS TO THE CONTROLS. INJURED'S BATTERY PACK PUSHED SIDEWAYS TO THE CONTROLS. INJURED'S BATTERY PACK PUSHED IN ON THE FAST FEED LEVER PUSHING THE BOLT THAT WAS ON THE PLATFORM UP. HIS FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE PLATE AND ROOF.
INJURED WAS REPALCING A BROKEN SHEAR PIN WHEN THE SHEARER CAME BY A CHUNK OF COAL CAME OFF THE TOP OF THE SHEARER AND HIT HIM ON THE LEFT FOREARM. INJURED DID NOT RECEIVE MEDICAL CARE UNTIL 1/ 7/93. AT THAT TIME A SPECIALIST PUT HIM ON RESTRICTED DUTY. REPORTABLE AS OF 1/7/93.
WHILE CUTTING OUT THE HOLE FOR THE SIDE SEAL PIN THE PIN FLEW OUT BECAUSE RETRIMING PIN WAS MISSING AND STRUCK INJURED IN THE FOCE NECK AND SHOULDER.
A ROCK FLEW OFF THE TAIL OF A CONTINUOUS MINER AND HIT THE INJURED IN THE FACE BREAKING A FRONT TOOTH. HE BECAME REPORTABLE ON NOV 2 WHEN HE SOUGHT MEDICAL CARE FOR THE INJURY.
WHILE PULLING SHIELDS BEHIND THE SHEARER, COAL BLOWING FROM THE FACE STRUCK THE EMPL. EMPL THREW ARM INTO THE AIR TO COVER FACE & FELT PAIN IN SHOULDER. EMPL WAS SCHEDULED FOR SURGERY 3/26/93 INJURY REPORTABLE AS OF THAT DAY.
INJURED WAS STRUCK IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD, ON THE RIGHT SIDE, WHEN THE FACE BLEW OUT AFTER SHEARER HAD PASSED BY #42 SHIELD IN THE LONGWALL SECTION. INJURED RECEIVED BUTTERFULY STITCHES.
INJURED WAS BUILDING CRIBS IN TAILGATE SECTION OF LONGWALL ON FEB 14 1992 FOLLOWING DAY HE EXPERIENCED SORENESS OF HIS NECK & ARM ON RT SIDE WHICH HE ATTRIBUTED TO THE PNBEUMONIA HE HAD A LATE R DIAGNOSIS MARCH 6 1992 REVEALED VERTEBRA PROBLEMS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH PENUMONIA BUT MOST LIKELY TO NUMEROUS BUMPING OF HIS HEAD ON THE LONGWALL SHIELDS
INJURED WAS OPERATING SHEARER WHEN A CHUNK OF COAL CAME OFF OF LONGWALL AND HIT HIM ON THE LEFT THIGH. THE COAL CAME OFF OF THE CUTTER WHEEL OF THE SHEARER.
WHILE DISMANTLING THE DRAGLINE, A PIECE OF SCRAP METAL WEIGHING 500 LBS ROTATED OFF THE WALKING SHAFT AND STRUCK EMPL JUST BELOW THE KNEE WHICH RESULTED IN AN ANGLE FRACTURE TO BOTH TIBIA AND FIBULA.
WHILE PUTTING DRILL STEEL INTO HOLE MISSED HOLE STEEL BENT SMASHING FINGER AGAINST SIDE OF CLAMP.
EMPLOYEE CLAIMS HE WAS CUTTING TO TAILGATE WHEN SLAB FELL OFF OF FACE AND TOP PART OF IT CAME OVER TOP OF SPILL PAN AND HIT RIGHT FOOT.
RUNNING SHEAR STEPPED FROM ONE SHIELD TO NEXT AND FORCED ANKLE TO BEND UP
EMPLOYEE CLAIMS HE WAS TRYING TO FLIP A PIECE OF 4' X6' X40' I-BEAM,WINCH SLIPPED,UP AND OFF AND THE BEAM CAUGHT HIM IN THE PALM OF HIS RIGHT HAND.
INJURED STARTED HAVING SORENESS IN RIGHT ELBOW AFTER INSTALLING 7 FOOT BOLTS IN THE THREE LEFT BELTLINE. DIAGNOSIS OF TENDINITIS WAS MADE ON THE INITIAL DOCTOR TREATMENT OF 1/18/91.
EMPL CLAIMS DUKE JACK SLIPPED & HIT LEFT ANKLE.
PIECE OF COAL FLEW OUT OF FACE AND STRUCK RIGHT ELBOW.BECAME REPORTABLE 9-26 WHEN MEDICAL TREATMENT WAS DONE.
EMPLOYEE CLAIMS HE WAS UNHOOKING THE BRIDLE SLING OFF OF A LOAD WHILE THE CRANE OPERATOR HOISTED THE SLING,WHEN ONE OF THE HOOKS SLIPPED AND KICKED OUT STRIKING HIM ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS HE AD AND KNOCKING HIM DOWN ONTO HIS LEFT SIDE.