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TM was stripping wire insulation with a utility knife when the employee cut the pad of left thumb.
EE was loosening a cap to check oil on the Liebherr Drag Line when the crescent wrench slipped off and the hose clamp cut EE's left wrist. The cut was deep, EE received 6 stitches.
EE was standing on a platform installing a threaded plug in the motor junction box using a pipe wrench. They had their left foot up one step on motor platform and right foot on the platform EE was standing on and while pulling the pipe wrench towards them they felt a pop and discomfort in right knee. Become a recordable on 12/1/2022 when cortisone shot was received.
A jaw die bolt had broken off & was to be removed. The space to access the bolt to push it out is limited. The employee was attempting to pull the broken bolt out with a come-a-long & a welded on lifting lug. The weld broke & the chain & lifting lug were under tension came loose & hit the employee in the hard hat & made a small cut on employee's cheek requiring 4 stitches
Employee was removing an excavator tooth shank from the excavator bucket. Employee air arced existing welds and EE struck the shank with a 16 lb sledge hammer. The hardened steel sledge caused a piece of hard facing to chip off of shank and embedded in right thigh. Had foreign body removed on 8/18/17 with stitches - 1 day lost time.
The dredge bucket ladder chain had walked off the ladder flat idlers. To realign the chain back on, employee used a 4x4 to lay between rock gravel and chain which will force chain back on. As he was holding the 4x4 his left ring finger was mashed against the chain. Laceration - received stitches (3).
EE was shoveling off the cat walk when he struck the side and his forward shoveling motion was abruptly stopped causing injury to left wrist.
The head box chute on the C-1 conveyor plugged up and EE was using a pry bar to dislodge the plug through a small door on the side of the chute. The material broke loose and fell through the chute all at once. The material hit the end of the bar that was sticking through the hole & forced it down forcing EE's end up & pinching his left pinky finger against a beam.
Driving in a pipe, the hammer came down and hit his hand.
CHANGING A SPRAY BAR NOZZEL, HE WAS LYING OVER A TUBE PULLING ON A PIPE WRENCH WHEN HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS UPPER STOMACH, LEFT SIDE.
EE WAS LOOSENING A BOLT WITH A RATCHET WHEN RATCHET SLIPPED MASHING HIS LEFT PRIMARY FINGER BETWEEN RATCHET AND WALL.