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Employee was lying down underneath chute of stationary crusher attempting to dislodge limestone that was stuck. rock was dislodge and additional rock that employee did not see also fell striking EE in the right portion of EE's forehead
Employee was using a come a long to assist with unclogging crusher. Chain broke striking employee's right arm.
Employee was cutting conveyor belting and utility knife slipped and cut EE's left forearm. Required 2 stitches. Employee returned to full duty after treatment and finished shift.
Primary crusher was clogged. Employee was using a spud bar to dig out clog and hyper-extended their left elbow. Diagnosis was a pulled ligament.
Contractor was hammering a piece of metal plate with sledge hammer on the back of his truck. Sledge hammer missed target and left wrist hit edge of plate and wrist was cut, requiring 9 stitches.