WHILE ADJUSTING BOLTS ON MAIN GENERATOR, 1 1/4" SOCKET CAME OFF AIR IMPACT WRENCH AND STRUCK EE IN THE FRONT RT. UPPER SIDES OF HIS MOUTH (BOLT BROKE). THIS CAUSED THE FRONT TOOTH TO BREAK ABOVE THE GUM LINES. THE DENTIST SAID THE TOOTH HAS TO BE EXTRACTED. THE DENTAL BRIDGE IS BROKENAND NEEDS FITTED. MOUTH IS ALSO BADLY BRUISED & INFECTED.
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February 28, 2002
PA · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
MACHINERY
Amerikohl Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Amerikohl Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EE WAS CLIMBING INTO THE FRONT DRILL CAB AS OPERATOR WAS LOWERING THE LEVEL JACKS. EE WAS STEPPING ON THE FRONT TIRE INSTEAD OF THE STEP PROVIDED BY THE MANUFACTURE. AS THE WEIGHT WAS PUT ON T HE TRUCK SUSPENSION THE SPACE BETWEEN THE STEP AND THE TIRE GREW SMALLER FINALLY PINCHING HIS FOOT BETWEEN THE TIRE AND THE STEP.
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