EE REMOVED A GUARD FROM A MOVING CONVEYOR BELT AND WAS USING A BAR TO CHIP ICE FROM THE TAIL ROLLER. THE BAR SLIPPED AND EE'S HAND WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE BELT AND TAIL ROLLER. INJURY CONSISTE D OF 3 PINCHED FINGERS. NO CUTS OR BROKEN BONES RESULTED.
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December 20, 1995
PA · Coal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
POWERED HAULAGE
Commercial Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Commercial Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS USING AN ADJUSTABLE WRENCH TO TIGHTEN A TROLLEY WIRE HANGER WRENCH SLIPPED OF THE HANGER & STRUCK EMPLOYEE IN THE MOUTH INJURY CONSISTED OF 3 CHIPPED TEETH& A LACERATION TO THE IN
Commercial Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
PLACED RIGHT HAND ON TOP OF CANOPY ON SCOOP WHILE SCOOP WAS IN MOTION, RESULTING IN TWO PINCHED FINGERS.
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