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Employee was cutting pad liner with a knife in their right hand when the knife slipped in EE's right hand and EE's right thumb was cut. Result of sharp pad liner cutting EE's thumb while cutting it.
Employee was standing next to the dozer, when another employee was using a hammer to align the track. When they smacked the track a piece of the dozer track came off and hit the right forearm of the employee, resulting in a small piece of metal stuck in the employee's arm
Employee was using a 1" drive ratchet to remove a bolt. As EE was pulling it towards self, EE's hand slipped off the ratchet and EE punched self in the left side of their mouth. This caused an upper tooth to come loose.
While stripping a shred of copper off of a cathode with a pry bar, the bar slipped out off the copper sheet and hit the employee in the mouth. The employee received a laceration on the upper left side of his lip/mouth.
Employee 1 was assisting Employee 2 with the removal of core from a core sample tube. Employee 1 was holding the tube in an upright position, while Employee 2 was tapping on the tube with a dead-blow hammer (bowling pin). Employee 2 struck Employee 1's thumb in the process, resulting in a laceration to Employee 1's right thumb, requiring seven stitches.
Employee was using a pry bar to peel away a 3' X 3' thin sheet of copper from a cathode. The copper sheet swung towards him and cut his right forearm. He recieved sutures and put on light duty.
Employee was working a loader bucket tooth. He hit the tooth with a 3 lb hammer and a sliver of metal hit him in the bottom lip. He received one suture to close the wound.