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Employee stated they had a cut on left hand & thigh (doesn't know how they got there) and when cleaning the hopper on the sweeper with the non-potable water, water got into both cuts. Employee indicated that the non-potable water caused an infection.
The employee was conducting plant maintenance. The employee was pushing on lever to operate a gate door on screen 1. Lever would not move the gate due to debris around the gate. The employee pushed harder on the lever to get the gate to move. The employee felt a sharp pain in the lower back at the time the gate finally moved into the desired position.
Employee was doing her daily weighmaster scale duties when she started to say her left hand hurt.
Steel fabricating all morning while installing part I got a sliver of debris in my eye.
Employee was washing his face after grinding a pulley and got some fines and dust in his left eye.
Employee used head of left foot to stomp down on lever locking bucket on bobcat.
Mechanic fell as a result of pulling on a piece of metal while testing integrity of the weld. Said employee fell to the ground and was struck by the metal in the back and neck after hitting the ground.
Lifting camper shell onto truck bed. After putting camper shell on truck bed EE had a sharp shooting pain in r upper shoulder.
WHILE ATTEMPTING TO CHANGE THE BELTS ON THE JAW CRUSHER, THE MOTOR NEEDED TO BE REPOSITIONED. WHILE REPOSITIONING THE MOTOR, A BOLT BROKE WHICH CAUSED THE MOTOR TO FALL, SMASHING EE FINGER BETWEEN THE MOTOR AND GUARD