Employee had a piece of pinner steel in the top and as he was getting a burr off of the pusher steel, the steel fell out of the top and hit his middle finger on the right hand, causing a laceration that took 4 sutures to close. Employee has returned to work.
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June 17, 2008
VA · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Banner Company · Struck by falling object
January 14, 2008
VA · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
MACHINERY
Banner Company · Struck by falling object
Employee was bolting top when his steel got fouled. He laid his left hand on the bolter head and the steel fell suddenly and hit the middle finger on his left hand breaking the middle joint.
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