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EE replacing fan belt on dragline tail fan, locked & tagged at power source. After tightening belt, was checking the tension by pushing on the drive belt with his hand. He could not see the fan in another compartment. Did not realize the fan was moving. The belt grabbed his hand and pulled his finger into drive pulley, cutting his finger & fracturing bone. Stitches were required.
EE was rolling up a grease line after greasing a backhoe. The swivel fitting between the hose & grease gun broke when the hose & gun reached his left hand, cutting his hand & injecting grease into his left hand between the thumb & 1st finger. He was taken to a local ER & transferred to another hospital for surgical treatment to the injury.
EE was overhead welding at dragline. Stated his back started hurting. Pain went to his side & around to his chest. He was taken by ambulance to local ER. Investigations have been conducted by Tx Westmoreland Coal Co. & Company's WC insurance carrier. On 4/19/11, after completion of WC investigation, Co. was informed that a herniated disc in EE's back was result of on job inj.
Bobcat stuck in work area, pulled bobcat (FEL) with excavator with tow strap. Tow strap was affixed to excavator, attempted to pull with excavator tracks only with no progress. Began pulling with hydraulic boom of excavator. With angle change, strap slipped from excavator under tension striking operator in the bobcat front end loader, injuring his nose and lip area.
Employee was performing Welding/Air Arcing, laid gouger down & dust blew up under PPE. Employee stated that he felt that he may have scratched his eye during lunch to supervisor on 6/3. Employee received first aid at the mine. Incident occurred on 6/3 and employee was taken to clinic on 6/5/2009.
Mechanic was grinding a piece of metal on a bench grinder when the metal caught and pulled his finger into the grinding wheel.
Employee climbed onto his dozer at the start of shift. The a/c was on in the cab and, as he shut the door, he felt something go into his right eye. He went to a local emergency room for treatment and got a prescription for antibiotic eye drops.
EE changed out a grinder disk on a handheld air grinder. He set it down on a table and the disk came off, striking his left hand and cutting it. He was taken to a local ER, where he received 4 stitches to the laceration.
EE was kneeling next to a person using an air hammer to knock out a bearing race. It is unknown if a piece of the chisel bit flaked off or a piece of the race and embedded in his left knee. He was taken to a local emergency room where a piece of metal was removed from his knee. No stitches were required.
EE was going to thread a piece of pipe. Holding the pipe in place, he started the pipe threader. His fingers were at one end of the pipe and the clamp on the pipe threader caught his left middle finger, clamping it to the pipe while twisting both the pipe and his fingers. He was taken to a local ER where he received stitches for a laceration of his left middle finger. Returned LD.
EE & COWORKER WERE WASHING A BACKHOE AT WASH RACK. EE LOCKED A WATER CANNON ON TO SPRAY THE BUCKET. COWORKER TOLD EE THAT HE WAS GOING TO WASH OTHER SIDE OF MACHINE. EE TURNED TO MOVE AWAY AND STEPPED INTO THE STREAM OF PRESSURIZED WATER FROM WATER CANNON. WAS HIT IN FACE WITH WATER, KNOCKING OFF SAFETY GLASSES. TREATED AT LOCAL ER: IRRITATED EYE/ANTIBIOTIC EYE DROPS.
WHILE LIFTING A BRASS BUSHING (FOR A POINT SHEAVE) WITH AN OVERHEAD CRANE IN THE SHOP, THE LOAD SHIFTED AND EE'S FINGER WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE BUSHING & THE NYLON SLING, CUTTING HIS FINGER. HE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL E.R. WHERE HE RECEIVED 7 STITCHES FOR THE LACERATION.
IN PREPARING TO END DRAG ROPES, EE WALKED FROM IN FRONT OF THE DRAGLINE BUCKET DOWN THE RIGHT SIDE OF IT TOWARDS THE HOIST RIGGING, WALKING BETWEEN DRAG CHAINS THAT WERE STRETCHED OUT BESIDE THE BUCKET & THE RT. HAND DRAG ROPE. A LOOP IN THE ROPE UNTWISTED & HIT EE IN THE ANKLE AREA, KNOCKING HIM TO THE GROUND & PINNING HIS LEG AGAINST THE DRAG CHAIN. HE WAS TAKEN TO LOCAL E.R.
EE WAS DROPPING THE BELLY PAN ON A DOZER. WET MUD FELL OFF THE BOTTOM & INTO HIS LEFT EAR. HE CLEANED MUD OUT OF HIS EAR BUT HIS EAR GOT WORSE THE NEXT DAY. HE DID SEEK MEDICAL CARE YET THIS D ID NOT RESULT IN A RESTRICTED DAY OF WORK. THEREFORE, THIS INCIDENT SHOULD NOT BE REPORTABLE TO MSHA.