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While using a table saw to cut 4" x 4" blocks of wood, the wood kicked back. The block hit his left thumb, pushing back. The thumb was broken, requiring surgury to repair. Security(contractor) was assigned the duties of safety and reporting. A safety audit identified this accident as not being filed at the proper time.
Cutting floor tile with razor box cutter, he slipped and stabbed left palm. This injury was not reported at the proper time. Security (contractor) was responsible for safety and reporting. An safety audit identified that this was not filed on a 7000-1. The injury required sutures, no lost time or days.
The miner states while pulling back on jackleg machine his hand slipped off the handle and he stuck out his arm to break his fall and in doing so he dislocated his right shoulder.
Miner was getting down from haul truck, stepped on a rock and twisted his ankle.
Employee was welding and grinding throughout the day. A particle lodged in his left eye and was irritated.
Employee was walking down a stairway in the Nixon Fork Mine's Process Mill facility. His heel slipped our from under him and he attempted to catch himself. His left hand ring finger became caught in a higher stair grating and the weight of the fall broke and dislocated the finger.
Employee states while drilling a 53 degree up hole the over shot released the tube and the tube struck employee in the chest