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Employee was starting to climb the ladder up on to the end loader when with left leg on the ladder and right foot still on the ground they felt a pop, (pain) in right knee while pushing their weight upon the ladder.
Employee was changing a bottom roller bearing on a 475 Komatsu 475 bulldozer. While positioning the roller the roller fell off of the blocking and caught the employees right pinky finger between the shaft and the ground.
Employee was removing the water truck tank drain hose, the hose popped loose from the fitting striking the employee in the mouth. The impact resulted in a contusion to the lower lip and chipped the front left tooth. The tooth will need to be capped and the employee did not miss any scheduled shifts.
Mechanic cut out a driveline bracket with a torch. The bracket started to fall, EE grabbed it to help guide it to the ground. The bracket fell, pinched EE's index finger between the driveline and bracket causing a crushing injury that split the index finger open requiring 6 sutures to close the wound. Employee wore welding gloves at the time of the incident.
The Employee was hooking up a fuel line to a bull dozer when EE twisted EE's body to turn around and felt pain in EE's lower back and leg.