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Prying on grating when he hyperextended his left knee. Employee was placed on restricted duty.
Employee was punching holes in a rubber belt with a hole punch and a hammer when the hammer slipped striking the employee on left hand thumb area. Employee was placed on light duty for 3 days.
Was working on the boot wash with a screw driver and his screw driver slipped and he poked himself in the left hand.
Was swinging Double Jack while knocking pins back in to bucket bushings and felt something pull in right shoulder.
Was changing the oil on a Kubota tractor. While taking the oil plug off the oil pan his wrench slipped off of the oil plug and he struck the frame of the Kubota, causing numness to his left wrist and hand.
Person was turning screw bolt for the back door of an underground cement carrier truck when his wrench slipped off of the bolt and he hit his back of hand above the thumb on a steel guardrail post.
EE was hammering on a bar to push a large pin out. Once the pin was out the bar was forced to the floor striking his foot.
Employee was attempting to pull a bearing out of a motor with a bearing puller. He caught his finger in the puller.
EE was holding onto a pipe wrench that was on a bolt head, his fellow employee, turned on a air gun and it jerked his arm down very hard, causing pain in his neck and shoulder
The employee was using pipewrench and caught right thumb on suspension rod, causing thumb to bend backwards.
EE WAS ADJUSTING A CONE CRUSHER WHEN THE HEAD OF A RAM WAS BROKEN OFF AND IT FELL DOWN BETWEEN THE CONE AND GRATING. IT STRUCK A DRIVE BELT AND CAME BACK THROUGH THE HOLE AND STRUCK EE IN THE FOREHEAD.
Employee was prying on a hose clamp with a spud wrench. It slipped and struck him in the mouth.
EE WAS LIGHTLY TAPPING A PIN INTO A LARGER CHAIN LINK. APPARENTLY A PIECE OF METAL CAME OFF OF THE PIN ON HAMMER AND STRUCK HIM IN THE NOSE, VERY SMALL OBJECT.