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After using a chop saw to cut six pieces of 6'x 1-½" square tubing, an employee was manually unloading the tubing onto a metal table. While carrying and dropping the tubing over a small MIG welder onto a welding table, the burred edge of the pieces cut into the base of the employee's left thumb.
While retracting a manual pull/push outrigger for a service truck, an employee's finger was pinched between the outrigger housing and the edge of a base mounted vice on the bed of the truck. Employee was wearing hand protection. Contact resulted in a laceration requiring stitches.
Employee was placing a 75-pound dragline tooth on the edge of the parts boat. The right-hand middle fingertip was smashed and cut.
While cleaning light fixture inside and out, using a hand towel, ran right middle finger across metal flange cutting the tip of it. Employee received four stitches.
2 EMPLOYEES PULLING IRRIGATION PIPE- ONE EMPLOYEE PUSHED AND THE OTHER WASN'T READY -RING FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN THE TWO PIPE-ALL PPE WAS BEING USED-EMPLOYEES WERE WEARING GLOVES
Employee lifted the end of the two cutting edges that were partially on a pallet, when employee went to set the two down they slipped off the pallet causing the two cutting edges to slip pinching employee's right pinky finger.
Moving a part, slightly off ground, had a poor grip, hit a toe. Was wearing steel toe boots, injured a toe.
Employee completed a pre-shift inspection on a CAT 785C water truck. Employee was wearing insulated gloves. Operator picked up the wheel chock block and was installing it in the holder located on the front bumper of the truck. The left middle finger tip was caught between the chock block and the metal chock block holder. Finger tip bone was fractured.
Employee was adjusting a steel beam that was unbalanced. It shifted and landed on their steel toe boot, causing a fracture to the big toe.
Employee was riffling a 14 pound sample of coal. As they were dumping the sample they felt a sharp pain in the middle of the lower back. Co Worker helped them sit down and MRT was called. Employee was taken to hospital given pain medication and restricted duty.
Employee was placing a 8"X8"X24" timber underneath a dragline bucket jewelry spreader bar and pinched left index finger. Employee was wearing leather glove at the time of the event. EE left index finger tip was fractured.
Employee was aligning a 6" clay valve and strained their back.