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EE was at the East Ridge shop helping take teeth off the 990 CAT loader with fellow employee and witness. Co-worker took a sledgehammer to beat the last tooth off the bucket that needed to be replaced. While beating the metal tooth with the sledgehammer, a piece of metal flew off and hit EE in the sternum area. EE received stitches.

Employee was cutting straps on a pallet of bulk bags when either the box cutter or the plastic strap cut the tip of the employee's finger.

Employee was prying gate/valve out of the cooler box with a pry bar. The twisting action caused a sharp pain in EE's mid back.

Employee was cutting an old hose off the refractory sprayer with a razor knife, the knife slipped and caused a laceration on employee's left index finger, requiring 6 stitches.

Employee was swinging a 20lb sledge hammer almost horizontally to drive a pin out of an excavator when he felt a sharp pain in his left upper arm/shoulder: was diagnosed in the ER as a bicep tendon tear.

Employee was loosening a nut with the torque wrench, he tapped it with a 10 lb sledge hammer and the nut and wrench came loose, striking left middle finger which caused a less than 1 inch laceration, requiring 4 stitches.

Employee was prying on mill bearing to get the mill to seat, the pry bar slipped and he felt his right hip pop: Resulted in sprained hip.

Employee was moving incoming plate metal to storage racks, when he set the metal against the roll machine to re-position the plate clamp, the clamp had apparently not fully released and had just enough grab to tip the metal over as it released when raised by the bridge crane. Two metal plates fell over onto the employee causing pain and bruising

Employee was working in the #6 tunnel at East Ridge. While standing on a 4 ft. step ladder, using a piece of 10 ft. pencil rod to un-choke the #2 hopper, he felt a pop in his left shoulder. Physician diagnosis is shoulder pain; to-date, the employee has been given two weeks of light-duty.

Employee was crawling under the six-wheeler to check a rear tire when his flashlight fell striking him in the right eye. The contusion resulted in blood pooling in the eye causing temporarily impaired vision which required prescription drops and monitoring.

Employee was tightening the East Ridge dryer door with a wrench, he pulled back on the wrench and felt a pain in the left side of neck.

Employee was cutting 3/8 conveyor belt when his hand slipped causing laceration to the back of his left hand between thumb and wrist that required five (5) stitches.

EE was assembling bulldozer blade for a D10T. Used chains to form rigging for the pusharm. Chain slipped and caught ee's hand on chain hook, causing laceration to middle finger. Required 3 stitches to close.

Employee was brushing dirt off a stainless steel plate to weld a cover over a hole. His hand caught a corner of the hole and the edge of the stainless steel plate cut through his glove into his finger. He sustained a minor laceration to his right index finger.

Using 70lb sledge hammer inside 5' diameter mill, felt pull in lower abdomen. Did not seek treatment until 3/07/2008; Diagnosis: inguinal hernia. Did not recieve treatment until 3/18/2008.

While putting cutting egdes and teeth onto 988 loader using sledge hammer and drive pins to remove old teeth an airborne particulate went under safety glasses and into left eye.

While using a hammer to knock off a bearing, either a piece of the bearing or a piece of the hammer struck him in the left forearm just above the wrist.

While using a pry bar to pry a mill liner back in place - the liner moved pinching thumb on left hand.

Pinched finger while removing parking brake assembly from loader causing fracture to index finger on right hand.

WHILE REPAIRING A WATER LEAK IN THE FLOAT, TWISTED A PIPE THAT WAS CONECTED TO A HOSE, WITH A PIPE WRENCH. WHEN THE HOSE BROKE LOOSE, THE EXCESS OF AN OVERSIZED CLAMP CUT LEFT THUMB.

EE WAS USING A C-CLAMP TO PRESS A WEAR PLATE AGAINST THE BLADE OF A D9 DOZER. THE CLAMP HAD A LOT OF PRESSURE ON IT - WHEN HE REACHED UP TO RELEASE THE CLAMP IT POPPED OFF. THEN HE JERKED HIS HEAD OUT OF THE WAY, HIS HARD HAT CAME OFF & THECLAMP HIT HIM ON TOP OF THE HEAD.

KNIFE SLIPPED AFTER CUTTING SPLICE IN CONVEYOR BELT.

REMOVING SHOVAINGS FROM AROUND HUB ON LATHE.

UNSCREWING CAP ON TOP OF MILL RETURN SCREW HOUSING, CAP WAS CROSS THREADED, TAPPING BOLT WITH HAMMER ON CAP FLANGE, HAMMR SLIPPED AND STRUCK LITTLE FINGR ON RIGHT HAND.