The miner alleges that while cleaning plant III with a machete he cut himself on the left knee, he got four stitches on it and was given many days of rest.
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Showing all 8While adjusting the bolts of the grinder in Planta I, the bar slipped and he lost his equilibrium hitting his left hand against the conveyor & injuring small finger of left hand.
While tightening the bolts on the rollers of the excavator with a cup, a handlegrip and a piece of tubing, the piece slipped and hit him on the little finger of the left hand.
After placing the curtain ring in the axle's end cover, he hammered it. A fragment of the metal flew into the left leg muscle and embedded causing an injury.
EE was using a pry bar to clean motor came loose and struck his elbow.
WHILE DIGGING IN THE MINE #1 PLANT WITH A BAR, THE BAR SLIPPED BETWEEN THE ROCK AND THE MINER CAUSING A PART OF THE ROCK TO BRUISE THE MINER ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE HEAD.
REMOVING OBSTRUCTION IN PLANT WITH A BAR, THE ROCK HIT HIM.
SE ENCONTRABA REPARANDO UN EQUIPO DE LA PLANTA YSE DIO CON EL MARTILLO EN EL DEDO PULGAR DE LA MANO IZQUIERDA. (EE WAS REPAIRING PLANT EQUIPMENT WHEN HE HIT HIS LEFT THUMB WITH A HAMMER).