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Employee was changing a bit on a blast hole drill when left hand was struck by a wrench resulting in a laceration and fracture to the left ring finger. The laceration was closed with sutures
Employee was using a hammer to break up some material when the hammer handle failed causing the hammer head to come back and strike the employee in the face. The impact resulted in a laceration to the lip that required sutures.
Employee was hand stemming blast holes with a shovel. Employee felt a pain in lower abdomen and was taken to ER. It was stated that employee had a small muscle tear in lower abdomen.