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Weather was sunny and damp. Employee was replacing springs on the duster in the dry plant when a metal plate slipped and smashed EE's hand between the metal plate and the metal structure.
Blisters on feet due to friction inside of boots. Blisters infected - Cellulitis.
Employee was loading rotex balls and screens into the skid steer when EE twisted at the waist and strained back.
EE was helping assemble an excavator. Attempting to attach arm to boom with a steel pin (273.25 lbs.). Pin was held in place with a nylon strap. Pieces were misaligned. The EEs began to remove the pin and pieces shifted, causing the injured EE's finger to be pinched between the pieces, causing soft tissue injury. EE was treated for degloving of the distal phalanx of fifth finger.
The injured employee got EE's left thumb caught between a forklift mast and a fork causing a laceration to the left thumb.