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Injured worker was cutting a cleated conveyor belt using a utility knife when the blade reached the thicker part of the belt, the blade skipped causing the blade to cut worker's right leg above knee
Injured worker was using a wrench and hammer trying to remove a nut. When the nut gave way, the worker's hand was smashed between the wrench and the bearing housing EE was working on. Injured worker received three stitches between thumb and index finger of left hand.
While helping to clean up build up around return belt pulley, as EE pulled up on the pry bar injured worker felt a shooting pain in groin area. Injured worker has an internal hernia as diagnosed by physician.
Injured worker was using a sledge hammer to break a lodged rock very close to a handrail, as EE swung the hammer the hammer hit the metal handrail bouncing the sledge back hitting worker in the head. Worker received stitches in head, no loss of consciousness was reported.