WHILE SWINGING A SLEDGEHAMMER, HANDLE HIT OBSTRUCTION CAUSING IT TO JUMP BACK HITTING EE IN UPPER CHEST, MINOR INJURY.
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Red Ledge Mining Company LLC · No Value Found
November 6, 2002
CA · Metal/Non-Metal
backhoe operator, trackhoe operator, crane operator
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Red Ledge Mining Company LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
RELEASING PRESSURE ON TORQUE MULTIPLIER WITH 1/2" RATCHET. RATCHET SLIPPED AND HANDLE STRUCK LITTLE FINGER.
August 29, 2001
CA · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Red Ledge Mining Company LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE FINISHED SERVING DUMP TRK & JUMPED DOWN TO GROUND FROM DUMP TRK & TWISTED ANKLE
May 4, 2000
CA · Metal/Non-Metal
continuous miner operator, coal mole operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Red Ledge Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
WHILE REMOVING TH ENGINE HOOD FROM HAUL TRUCK THE HOOD FELL AGAINST SAFETY CABLES & SMASHED EMPLOYEES LITTLE FINGER TIP.
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