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Employee was drilling a 5/16" hole in a 10" I-beam with a 1/2" drill. The drill bit caught twisting EE's left thumb.
Employee was cutting a section of chute out with a 6" grinder with a cutting wheel when the grinder became bound and kicked back cutting employee's left hand in between the pinky and ring finger.
Employee was running a screw gun above EE's head installing sheeting and EE's right shoulder popped out of socket.
Employee was cutting a piece of 1/2" thick ceramic tile when the tile became wedged between the tile saw blade and the base.
Employee was drilling a 3/8" hole in a beam to give the torch a place to start cutting from and a piece of drill shavings went into left eye.
Employee was cutting off bad handrail with grinder & cutting wheel when wheel got pinched causing grinder to kick back & wheel hit employee on left arm causing small laceration.
EE was using porta power to push in side of feeder chute when porta power was kicked loose it hit EE in left side of head above ear causing a knot and small puncture.
EE was cutting off screws on old sheeting when sheeting started to fall causing the grinder to be knocked into his left forearm causing a laceration. EE needed 6 stitches.
EE was tightening bolt on screen feed lip with right hand when torque gun slipped out of right hand falling app 2 feet hitting left hand causing a laceration which required three stitches on back of hand.
Employee was holding plastic in chute while other employee was drilling from outside chute to install bolts when employee inside chute put hand in way of drill bit causing puncture wound
Person was using hand held grinder to grind off piece of steel. There was another person grinding also in same area. A particle from one of the grinders got into injured person's eye under his safety glasses causing injury. Person did not report injury until 9/19/07. Doctor put drops in eye.
EE was running Micro Traxx, cleaning out ash in combustion chamber of dryer, when machine broke the ash loose causing machine to kick sideways. This caused EE to hit middle of his back on the wall of the dryer chamber.
Person was using a cutting torch to remove bolts in air-lock door. Person was using left hand to hold cables up out of the way and cutting bolts with right hand. He slipped and lost balance and the torch in right hand came in contact with left hand causing burn to palm & thumb.
Employee was grinding metal on bench grinder when a piece of metal went behind safety glasses hitting employee in left eye.
Person was setting additional support for roof. Person had a crib block on top of water prop and was raising prop towards roof. When crib block was being pressuried against the roof it kicked out and fell striking person on right hand causing injury to ring and middle fingers.
INJURED PERSON WAS SETTING LATCH MECHANISM ON 5 TON RAIL JACK BY HAND AND WHEN ANOTHER PERSON OPERATED THE JACK, HIS RING FINGER WAS CAUGHT IN THE MECHANISM CAUSING INJURY TO FINGER.
EMPLOYEE WAS GRINDING KEY STOCK FOR CRUSHER BARS WHEN HE FELT SOMETHING HIT HIS RT. EYE UNDER HIS GLASSES.
PERSON WAS ROCK DUSTING ALONG THE BELTLINE AND GOT ROCK DUST IN LEFT EYE. PERSON HAD EYE FLUSHED OUT AT EMERGENCY ROOM AND GOT RX FOR EYE.
EE WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS IN TEARDOWN ROOM FOR LONGWALL PANEL. EE WAS PUSHING BOLT UP INTO HOLE WHEN THE EXTENSION WRENCH BROKE AND THE WRENCH CAME BACK AND STRUCK EE ON THE FOREHEAD, CAUSING LACERATION.
EE WAS JACKING UP A RAIL WHEN JACK SLIPPED AND RAIL STRUCK EE ON RIGHT ANKLE CAUSING A BRUISE.
Miner operator was cleaning up rock in face with continuous miner. A large piece of rock traveled back the conveyor boom and fell off striking a 1-1/4" rubber water line. The water line came loose from rib board where it was hung and struck injured person on lower left side of back. Person went to doctor on 8-12-04 and had back adjusted.
PERSON WAS STANDING ON RELAY BAR FOR #4 SUPPORT OPERATING BOAT WINCH FOR TEARDOWN SCREEN. WHEN #4 PUSH VALVE WAS ACTIVATED RELAY BAR MOVED TO PUSH PANLINE AND PERSON'S FOOT WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN RELAY BAR AND PANLINE BRACKET CAUSING CRUSHING INJURY TO RIGHT TOES. PERSON LOST PART OF TOE ON RIGHT FOOT.
INJURED WAS CUTTING A POST WITH A HYDRAULIC CHAIN SAW WHEN SAW KICKED BACK CUTTING HIS LEFT FOREARM CAUSING A LACERATION.
PERSON HAD FINISHED DRILLING HOLE IN ROOF TO INSTALL BOLT. PERSON LOWERED BOLTER HEAD AND REACH OUT TO REMOVE DRILL STEEL EXTENSION. THE TOP PART OF DRILL STEEL WHICH WAS BEING HELD BY DRILL S TEEL GUIDE JAWS, SLIP DOWN THROUGH DRILL STEEL GUIDE AND STRUCK PERSON ON MIDDLE FINGER OF LEFT HAND CAUSING LACERATION AND DAMAGE TO TENDON.
EE TOOK OFF SANBLASTING HELMET TO CHECK AREA THAT HAD BEEN BLASTED WHEN TRIGGER ON BLASTER HOSE ACCIDENTALLY GOT HIT CAUSING BLASTER TO START WHICH CAUSE BLASTING MEDIA TO HIT EE ON LEFT SID E OF FACE CAUSING SKN ABRASION.
PERSON WAS PUTTING RIB BOLT INTO HOLE HE HAD JUST DRILLED IN RIB. A ROCK 18" BY 21" BY 1/2" THICK FELL AND STRUCK PERSON ON RIGHT HAND. THE ROCK CUT THROUGH HIS GLOVES AND LACERATED THE TIP OF THE LITTLE FINGER. REQUIRED SUTURES TO CLOSE WOUND.
INJURED WAS HANDING CHAIN THRU LONGWALL SHIELD WITH HIS OTHER HAND ON SHIELD WHEN OPERATOR CLOSED SIDE PANEL CATCHING LEFT THUMB CAUSING A LACERATION.
PERSON WAS ADVANCING SHIELDS ON LONGWALL FACE WHEN A ROCK 3"X4"X18" FELL FROM BETWEEN CHEILDS HIT THE CABLE TRAY AND THE FELL ON PERSONS LEFT FOOT CAUSING INJURY. ROCK LANDED BEHIND STEEL THE OF RUBBER BOOTS.
USING AN IMPACT WRENCH (ELECTRIC) WHEN IMPACT WRENCH WAS TURNED ON, SOMETHING FLEW OUT OF THE FAN HITTING PERSON IN THE RIGHT EYE.
PERSON WAS TRAMMING MIUNER WITH REMOTE CONTROL (BACKING MACH8NE OUT OF CUT). THE BOLTER WAS BEHIND PERSON BACKING UP. THE HEAD OF THE BOLTING MACHINE CAUGHT A SECTION OF WIRE MONSTER MAT THAT WAS HANGING ON RIB. WHEN THE MAT BROKE FREE, IT HIT PERSON IN THE CHIN CAUSING LACERATION THAT REQUIRED SUTURES.
PERSON WAS ADVANCING LONGWALL SHIELDS ON THE FACE DURING PRODUCTION. PERSON WAS LOWERING #8 SUPPORT WHEN A ROCK 23" BY 16" BY 3" FELL FROM BETWEEN CANOPIES AND STRUCK HIM ON TOP OF RIGHT FOOT CAUSING FRACTURE.
PERSON WAS WALKING ACROSS LONGWALL FACE TOWARDS THE HEADGATE. HE WALKED PAST THE SHEAR WHICH WAS LOADING COAL AT # 136 SUPPORT. SHEAR OPERATOR STATED A ROCK CAME OFF SHEAR DRUM AND WAS THROWN TOWARDS INJURED PERSON. THE ROCK HIT HIM IN THE RIGHT HAND CAUSING LACERATION.
PERSON WAS STANDING ON #65 SHIELD ADVANCING #64 SHIELD WHEN THE RELAY BAR BOLT BROKE, A PIECE OF METAL FROM BOLT STRUCK PERSON IN RIGHT LEG CAUSING INJURY, REQUIREDM 3 STITCHES TO CLOSE WOUND ON LOWER LEG.
PERSON WAS PREPARING TO DRILL HOLE TO INSTALL ROOF BOLT IN FACE AREA. WHILE PLACING THE DRILL STEEL UP AGAINST THE ROOF A PIECE OF ROCK FELL BETWEEN THE SCREEN AND STRUCK HIM ON THE LEFT INDEX FINGER CAUSING INJURED.
PERSON WAS OPERATING LONGWALL SHEAR CUTTING TOWARDS THE TAILGATE. SOME ROCKS FELL BETWEEN SHIELDTIPS & FACE & LANDED ON SHEAR DRUM. THE ROTATINGDURM THREW A SMALL ROCK OFF WHICH STRUCK PERSON ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE CHIN CAUSING LACERATION
EE WAS USING DRILL PRESS TO DRILL SCREW OUT OF WELDING LEAD COUPLER WHEN DRILL CAUSED COUPLER TO SLIP CAUSING EE TO STRIKE LEFT HAND THUMB ON DRILL BIT CAUSING INJURY TO THUMB.
PERSON WAS STANDING ON SHIELD BASE AT TAILGATE END OF SHEAR. THE RANGING ARM ON SHEAR WAS BEING USED TO LIFT TAIL DRIVE SPROCKET COVER WITH 5/16" CHAIN. WHILE LIFTING COVER THE CHAIN BROKE AND STRUCK PERSON ON HARD HAT. HIS HAT WAS KNOCKED DOWN AND THE BILL OF HAT CUT HIS NOSE.
A BIT ON THE JACKHAMMER SLIPPED OFF OF THE CONCRETE & MASHED THE END OF HIS INDEX FINGER ON HIS RIGH THAND FROM THE END OF FINGER TO 1ST JOINT
PERSON WAS TRAMMING SHEAR BACK INTO THE SNAKE IN PANLINE FROM THE TAILGATE END OF THE FACE. THE SANDSTONE TOP BEHIND SUPPORTS BROKE AND FELL CAUSING A MASSIVE DISPLACEMENT OF AIR AND DEBRIS. THE BLAST OF AIR FORCED PERSON BACK AND HE FELL INTO SUPPORT STRIKING HIS RIB CAGE AND LOWER BACK AGAINST THE BASE LIFT JACK HOUSING ON BASE OF SUPPORT.
PERSON WAS GRINDING ON SIDE PLATE FOR DESLIMING SCREENS. PERSON GOT PIECE OF STEEL IN HIS LEFT EYE WHILE GRINDING. PERSON WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES AT TIME OF INJURY. PERSON DID NOT GO TO DR UNTIL 10-30-00 TO HAVE EYE CHECKED.
PERSON WAS ADVANCING SHEILDS ON LONGWALL DURING PRODUCTION. HE WAS ADVANCING #102 SUPPORT FROM #101 SUPPORT WHEN ROCK FELL BEHIND SHEILDS. PUSHING THEM FORWARD TOWARDS PANLINE, INJURED WAS STRUCK ON THE HEAD BY THE CIU CONTROL BOX ON 101SUPPORT WHEN IT WASH PUSHED FORWARD. PERSON RECEIVED LACERATION ABOVE RIGHT EYE.
PERSON WAS WATCHING LONGWALL SUPPORTS ADVANCE, #126 SUPPORT DID NOT ADVANCE ON AUTOMATICE AND PERSON WENT TO #120 SUPPORT TO CATCH PRIME BUTTON. THE PANLINE WAS ADVANCING AND WHEN IT DID THE RELAY BAR BOLT ON PANLINE AT #126 SUPPORT BROKE. THE BOLT STRUCK PERSON AT #120 SUPPORT IN THE LEFT ANKLE.
PERSON WAS TESTING AND ADJUSTING TORQUE SETTING ON BOLTER HEAD WITH TORQUE WRENCH. AFTER CHECKING TORQUE PERSON REVERSED DRILL HEAD WITH LEVER AND THE TORQUE WRENCH SPUN AROUND AND STRUCK PERS ON IN RIGHT UPPER LEG. IMPACT OF WRENCH HANDLE CAUSED FRACTURE TO UPPER LEG.
PERSON WAS USING AIR IMPACT WRENCH TO INSTALL "J" BOLTS IN WIRE SCREEN DECK IN VIBRATING SCREEN. THE BOLT KICKED SIDEWAYS WHILE TURNING IT, AND IT CUT THE MIDDLE FINGER ON HS LEFT HAND.