Cutting a piece of mining belt, let knife slip and cut right leg on thigh.
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Showing all 11Running 506 Jeffery Bridge Carrier caught left foot between rib & carried. Mashed foot but no broken bones.
Employee walked across belt laying on mine floor it was wet and slipped and hurt left knee.
EE prepared to lift the radial sucker belt for repairs to be made on legs of stacker. When he started lifting stacker the turn table on the crane that sat on the international truck sheared the bolts and the crane hit injured as it broke away.
Mashed finger with sledge hammer.
482 Scoop. He was scooping rocks got head over scoop and caught head between scoop and top of roof.
PUTTING UP ROOF SUPPORT MASHED LEFT INDEX FINGER.
LIFTING MINER CONTROL BOX AND HURT BACK.
WAS TAKING DOOR OFF OF #2-506. CARRIER OPERATOR OF #1-506 CARRIER PUSHED #1 CARRIER BACKWARD INTO STRUCTURE.
JUMPED FROM MOVING LOADER.
BRIDGE CHAIN CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN CHAIN AND ROCK. ROCK 6 IN BY 14 IN ONE END SHARP AS RAZOR.