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Employee was releasing a chain tie down from a secured load. The handle sprung back, striking the employee in the face breaking/displacing the bones of the nose.
Cutting prop setters, went to slide one out of truck and smashed left pinky finger between prop setter and the bed of truck. X-ray revealed a fracture.
Taking trailer tongue out of bed of trailer, smashed pinky between tongue and rib, breaking left pinky and having two stitches.
Pulling drill steel from the top and smashed his right thumb between the drill steel and his extension steel.
Injured was working on a coal hauler. Piece of metal struck victim in left shoulder causing a laceration about an inch and a half long. Injured received 4 stitches in left shoulder.
EE was running wire rope through new tail piece, when he hit a piece of sheetmetal that was leaning up, striking him directly behind his steel toe on his right foot. He was taken to hospital, x-rayed, nothing broken, but bruised up. Doctor told him to stay off of it for a couple of days.