Employee was guiding a piece of equipment into place during a repair and pinched the skin between the thumb and forefinger. He received a relatively small laceration that required 4 stitches to close.
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Showing all 4Miner was changing a tooth on a CAT 990 loader bucket when it dropped on his foot, striking it along the edge of the steel toe. The miner suffered a broken toe on his left foot.
Employee was changing the backup alarm on the PC-400 Komatsu excavator and was under the machine when he stood up and hit his head. He received a small cut on the top of his scalp that required four stitches.
Employee was welding when he needed to chip away some slag from his weld. A peice of slag flew into his eye. He claims he was wearing safety glasses.