EMPLOYEE WAS GRINDING METAL WHEN A GRINDING PARTICLE BOUNCED BEHIND HIS SAFETY GLASSES, INJURINGHIS RIGHT EYE.
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Showing all 7EE WAS OPERATING HIS ROOF BOLTER WHEN HIS LEFT HAND BECAME FOULED IN A PINCH POINT THE INJURY CONSISTED OF A SEVERED LEFT RING FINGER THEN ENDOF HIS FINGER (NAIL DOWN) WAS SEVERED
ROOF FALL IN #4 ENTRY 300 FT OUTBY FACE AT SPAD #1322 25'X8'X48'.
EE WAS WORKING WHEN HE NOTICED HIS LEFT THUMB AND WRIST HURTING. THE PAIN BECAME SO INTENSE HE DECIDED TO SEE A DR. HIS INJURY CONSISTED OF A DISLOCATION OF HIS LEFT THUMB.
EMPLOYEE WAS SCALING TOP WHEN A STRAY ROCK FELL STRIKING HIS RIGHT FOOT. THE INJURY RESULTED IN A THREE PLACE FRACTURE OF HIS RIGHT FOOT.
EE WAS WALKING ACROSS THE SECTION WHEN HE STEPPED INTO A HOLE LOCATED ON THE MINE BOTTOM. THIS ACTION CAUSED HIM TO FALL THERE BY TWISTING HIS LEFT KNEE.
EE WAS WELDING WHEN A SMALL PARTICLE OF WELDING SLAG STRAYED BEHIND HIS WELDING SHIELD AND ON HIS LEFT EYE.