Employee had removed mud from a loader's hitch pin and was trying to push it down with hands to get it back into place when the pin let loose. The employee grabbed the head of the pin which caused an injury to a finger on both hands. Employee was transported for medical attention and received stitches.
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Showing all 4Employee got fingers caught in the door frame of a CAT 777D End Dump truck while employee was trying to open the driver's side door which was stuck. Employee was transferred to hospital where employee was diagnosed with 2 fractured fingers on employee's left hand.
Employee was washing a metal Warehouse window with a rag when EE received a cut on EE's left thumb from the edge of the window frame. Stitches were required to close the wound.
Worker was re-spooling cable back into Ericson, P/N # 6123-100, cable reeler in the machinery house space of the 8400 dragline. The end of the cable whipped into his right eye, breaking his safety glasses and caused trauma to the eye. Worker was taken to the Sakakawa Medical Center in Hazen and then to a hospital in Bismarck. He was released the night of 10/23/15