While watching his cable, employee put his hand between the boom and the frame of the shuttle car. When he let the boom down, his left hand was in a pinch point. He injured his pointer, index and ring fingers. Open wounds and avulsion of the fingers.
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Showing all 11Unsafe act by employee; he was working around a moving mantrip, the car struck his right shin (right leg) causing swelling and bruising.
SCOOP ROLLED OVER FOOT. SWELLING & BRUISING ON LEFT FOOT.
Blind side of car pulling miner cable; caught left foot between car and rib. No break in skin or broken bones; swelling of ankle.
EMPLOYEE WAS BACKING BRIDGE DOWN BELT LINE AND THE WAY HE WAS HOLDING THE CONTROLS CAUSED HIS ELBOW TO GET CAUGHT IN THE TOP AND CRAMMED HIS ARM INTO THE CONTROLS BREAKING HIS WRIST.
RIDING SCOOP TO SECTION PUT HAND OUTSIDE BUCKET TO HOLD ON CAUGTH A FINGER ON RIGHT HAND AGAINST RIB & BUCKET SCRAPING MEAT OFF FINGERS.
TRAMMING BRIDE BACKWARDS CAUGHT FOOT UNDER CATS.
HAULING SPLICE BOX ON 4 WHEEL BUGGY. SPLICE BOX RUB RIB CAUGHT EMPLOYEES ANKLE BETWEEN SPLICE BOX AND BUGGY.
EMPLOYEE WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN A CONVEYOR BRIDGE AND THE LO LO BELT STRUCTURE.
AS EMPLOYEE WAS BACKING HIS MOBILE BRIDGE CARRIER UP HE BECAME ENTANGLED IN SOME CONVEYOR BELTING. HE THEN TWISTED HIS HIP AND LOWER BACK AREA BEFORE HE COULD STOP THE BRIDGE CARRIER.
EE WAS SCOOPING IN RETURN AIRCORSE WHEN A ROCK WAS DISLODGED FROM THE MINE RIB. THE ROCK STRUCK EE ON BACK AND LEFT SIDE OF HIS BODY WHILE HE WAS STILL IN THE SCOOP DECK.