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Driving a ground rod when he missed with hammer causing left hand to hit the top of the ground rod resulting in a laceration.
Employee was hammering on a piece of metal clamped in a vice when his hammer came in contact with the plant structure on the down swing causing the hammer to deflect into his thumb. Laceration to left thumb requiring six sutures. Vice was relocated to an area without obstructions.
Employee was cutting rubber belting with a utility knife when it slipped and stabbed him in the left leg.
Employee was cutting a 4in rubber pipe with a utility knife when the injury occurred. He was standing and holding the pipe in front of him with his left hand, the employee was using a utility knife in his right hand to cut the pipe. The knife slipped from the pipe and struck the upper portion of his left leg resulting in a laceration requiring 7 stitches.