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Employee was installing a ground rod at the office trailer with a post pounder. He lost control of the post pounder and it bounced up and cut the top of his head. This resulted in a minor laceration requiring closure.
Small cut on left hand. Slipped with razor knife while cutting super sack product bag and poked tip of knife in left hand. Minor injury - first aid cleaned and band aid applied. No impairment. After shift employee sent for tetanus shot.
While bending a piece of 11" x 2" x 1/4" steel with sledge hammer the welds that held the material to the table broke loose and hit the employee in the chin.
While driving the center pin out of a truck with a hammer he hit his thumb requiring sutures.