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Driving metal pin with sledge hammer. Metal shard broke free lacerating left leg behind knee, stitches required.
Employee was prying a piece of grating up when the pry bar slipped and hit EE above EE's right lip resulting in a small cut.
Defective tire hammer handle. The damage could not be seen during the pre task inspection of the tool. The miner was breaking down tires with the hammer when the handle broke and the metal end of the hammer bounced off of the tire striking the miner in the right forehead. The miner received stitches for a 6" laceration.
The employee was using a knife to check the up and down motion of a sheave at the #2 booster pump. EE was spinning it by hand. The sheave hit the knife and cut the employee's right pointer finger.
An employee was tapping bolts into the 12" flange for the waste pump with the hammer in EE's right hand when the hammer slipped and EE hit left hand, fracturing EE's left middle finger.
Employee was removing drain plug on oil pan on tractor. Felt shoulder pop when he pulled on wrench.