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Employee using handheld drill to put hole in stainless panel box. As drill broke thru hole, it pulled hand abruptly forward and it made contact with edge of panel box, causing injury. Reportable as Medical Treatment - sutures.
While trying to put the bottom bucket pin back in place on 980 loader with a sledge hammer, the hammer hit the bucket, glancing off of the bucket & striking his left leg.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING BEHIND A 50 LB BAG OF ANFO. THE BAG WAS SITTING UPRIGHT ON THE GROUND. HE USED A SAFETY KNIFE TO OPEN THE POLY BAG, AS HE CUT THE BAG, HE WAS PULLING THE KNIFE TOWARDS HIMSELF. THE KNIFE CUT THROUGH THE BAG AND INTO HIS RIGHT KNEE
EMPLOYEE WAS INJURED WHILE REMOVING LARGE SALT CHUNG FROM BELT CONVEYOR SYSTEM. WHEN SWINGING A PICK TO BREAK THE CHUNK, THE EMPLOYEE STRUCK PART OF METAL CONVEYOR STRUCTURE WITH HAND.
EE BEGAN MISSING WORK ON 9/9/04 DUE TO INJURY ON 9/2/04. EE WAS INJURED WHEN A SLIVER OF METAL BROKE OFF A PIECE OF DRILL STEEL WHEN STRUCK BY A SLEDGE HAMMER. THE DRILL STEEL WAS BEING USED AS A DRIFT PIN TO ASSIST IN REMOVING A CYLINDER PIN FROM A HYDRAULIC JACK. THE SLIVER OF METAL EMBEDDED IN HIS LEG AND WAS REMOVED BY SURGERY.
EE HAD TO MOVE AN ELECTRICAL CABLE FOR AN UNDERCUTTER. CABLE WAS BENEATH WHERE STAB JACK WOULD GO. EE USED A HOT STICK TO PULL THE CABLE. AS EE PULLED, THE STICK SLIPPED OFF THE CABLE AND EE LOST HIS BALANCE, FALLING TO THE FLOOR.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A KNIFE TO REMOVE A PLASTIC WINDOW COVERING TO ALLOW MORE VENTILATION TO PASS THROUGH THE WORK AREA. WHILE CUTTING THE PLASTIC AT THE TOP OF THE WINDOW AND PULLING THE KNIFE BLADE TOWARD HIM, THE KNIFE BLADE PASSED OVER THE TOP OF HIS THUMB ON HIS LEFT HAND RESULTING IN A LACERATION APPROX 1 INCH IN LENGTH. WAS WEARING COTTON GLOVES.
EMPLOYEE WAS KNEELING ON FLOOR ON RIGHT KNEE CUTTING A USED BELT, PULLING THE UTILITY KNIFE TOWARDS HIMSELF, HE CUT THE BELT AND IN THE SAME MOTION CUT HIS LEG.
EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE SEVERAL BOLTS FROM A MOUNTING FLANGE BY HITTING ON FLANGE PLATE W/4 LB SLEDGEHAMMER. HIS FINGER WAS CAUGHT BTWN 1 OF THE BOLTS & THE HAMMER HANDLE AS HEAD OF HAMMER CONTACTED FLANGE PLATE. EE BELIEVES HAMMER HANDLE TILTED DOWN SHARPLY AFTER HEAD OF HAMMER CONTACTED FLANGE PLATE.
WORKERS WERE SHOVELING & MOVING STOCKPILED SALT WORKERS WERE WORKING TOO CLOSE TO EACH OTHER. THE FOREMAN WAS INSTRUCTING WORKERS IN THE PROPER USE OF A PICK & SHOVEL, THE FOREMAN RAISED HIS P ICK OVER HIS SHOULDER & STRUCK INJ WORKER ON THEARM. CONTUSION TO R ELBOW & FOREARM
THE INJURED EE WAS CONNECTING THE FLIGHT CHAIN TOGETHER ON THE LONG AIRDOX. HE WAS HOLDING A 4 LB. HAMMER WHILE ANOTHER EE WAS HITTING IT WITH A 16 LB. HAMMER. A PIECE OF THE 4 LB. HAMMER BROK E OFF AND LODGED IN THE EE'S RIGHT ARM.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A LOCK BLADE POCKET KNIFE TO NOTCH OUT A DOOR LATCH HOLE WHEN UNCONTROLLED MOVEMENT OF THE KNIFE RESULTED IN HIS LEFT HAND BEING LACERATED.