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Miner was prying on the track adjuster of a D9 dozer when the pry bar broke hitting EE in the forehead causing a laceration.
Was breaking frozen coal block with hammer and finger got pinched between hammer and frozen coal.
EE was cutting band off new chute wire cable when knife slipped and cut left hand and had to have 3 sutures no work was missed.
Cutting zip tie with box knife slipped hit finger in middle.
Prying barge away from dock when cable came up hit bar which then bar hit the face.
Cutting lid off of cardboard box with beltknife, cut right wrist.
offloading 12' of 12" channel from boat to barge, set one end down on barge, let other end fall to barge, placed foot on end that was on barge to steady, channel bounced and flexed foot toward shin