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Employee was attempting to move a tail pulley with a 6 ft bar and felt a sharp pain in his lower back.

The employee was replacing bolts on the cone screen wear plate. He was using a 1/2" ratchet with extension lying on the catwalk to access the bolt on the bottom side. The socket slipped off the bolt and the ratchet handle hit him in the nose resulting in a contusion.

EE & co-worker were replacing & repairing track groups on the 330 excavator. In an attempt to align the lock slots with the slip fit pins to join the tracks together, EE tapped on the pin with a sledge hammer. The pins did not move. EE took a more forceful swing, the hit glanced off the pin toward the track pad where his hand was caught between the pad & the sledge handle.

3 EE's were assigned the task of streching out 500' of #8 SO cord to be used to install an electrical pump. When the proper length was reached, the cord required cutting. One of the EE's went to get wire cutting shears. One of the other EE's had the injuried EE hold the cord and and the other EE cut through the wire with a box knife and cut the injuried EE.

EMPLOYEE WAS HAMMERING ON A BLOW BAR. A PIECE OF METAL FLEW OFF AND STRUCK HIM BETWEEN THE RIGHT THUMB AND FOREFINGER. THE STEEL PIECE WAS REMOVED AND ONE STITCH WAS REQUIRED TO CLOSE THE WOUND.

EE WAS CUTTING A CONVEYOR BELT WITH A UTILITY KNIFE. THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT HIS RIGHT HAND BELOW THE THUMB. THE LACERATION REQUIRED THREE STITCHES TO CLOSE.