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Employee was holding wrench while another employee was tapping on a shovel tooth to get it situated to lock it down when a piece of shrapnel came off tooth and struck employee in the right arm pit.
Pulling cable with hot stick, hot stick slipped off cable, fell backwards and hit head with hot stick.
PINCHED LITTLE FINGER ON RIGHT HAND BETWEEN 2 METAL COMPONENTS.
Was prying on waterline with prybar and tweaked back.
WORKER ATTEMPTING TO CHANGE BIT ON DRILL. SWINGING SLADGEHAMMER IN ORDER TO FACILITATE THE CHANGE. ON THE 6TH SWING, WORKER FELT A PAIN IN HIS RIGHT BICEPS. LATER CONFIRMED BY MRI AS A TORN BICEPS TENDON.
WORKING AN STEMMING HOLES. EE BENT OVR TO SHOVEL AND FELT HIS BACK GIVE UP.