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EE was removing the screen cloth from the top deck of the screenbox it was stuck so they tugged on it and their right index finger struck the frame of the screenbox, causing a open wound cut, no stitches.
Worker was trying to start electric water pump and won't start so he reset pump and pulled start lever on electric box and box blew up knocking worker backwards and breaking left thumb.
Removing Jig from Impactor Blow Bars, he pulled back on it & it came back faster then he could not get his hand out of the way. The jig smashed his hand between the jig and the cat walk on impactor.
Employee was climbing down the ladder on the loader; he bumped his elbow on the ladder. He continued working and let us know about it as an FYI. On Thursday afternoon he re-bumped his elbow. As of Thursday evening he was just staying home to rest it. Friday, turns out, his elbow had an infection underneath skin. There was no broken skin from either elbow bump.