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While removing old teeth off a bucket from a loader the technician was striking the old tooth with a hammer and a chunk of the tooth broke off and struck the bicep of the right arm.
Employee was cutting pad liner with a knife in their right hand when the knife slipped in EE's right hand and EE's right thumb was cut. Result of sharp pad liner cutting EE's thumb while cutting it.
Employee was standing next to the dozer, when another employee was using a hammer to align the track. When they smacked the track a piece of the dozer track came off and hit the right forearm of the employee, resulting in a small piece of metal stuck in the employee's arm
Employee was using a 1" drive ratchet to remove a bolt. As EE was pulling it towards self, EE's hand slipped off the ratchet and EE punched self in the left side of their mouth. This caused an upper tooth to come loose.
While stripping a shred of copper off of a cathode with a pry bar, the bar slipped out off the copper sheet and hit the employee in the mouth. The employee received a laceration on the upper left side of his lip/mouth.
Employee 1 was assisting Employee 2 with the removal of core from a core sample tube. Employee 1 was holding the tube in an upright position, while Employee 2 was tapping on the tube with a dead-blow hammer (bowling pin). Employee 2 struck Employee 1's thumb in the process, resulting in a laceration to Employee 1's right thumb, requiring seven stitches.
Employee was using a pry bar to peel away a 3' X 3' thin sheet of copper from a cathode. The copper sheet swung towards him and cut his right forearm. He recieved sutures and put on light duty.
Employee was working a loader bucket tooth. He hit the tooth with a 3 lb hammer and a sliver of metal hit him in the bottom lip. He received one suture to close the wound.
While using a steel bar for prying a cathoe, the bar slipped, hitting the employee above the eye. It caused a laceration on his left eyebrow.
Employee (E) was removing a ripper tooth from a dozer; hit tooth with a hammer and a small splinter dislodged and imbedded in his left calf. (E) was transported to a medical clinic and was given presciption medication for pain and prevention of infection.
Employee was cutting holes into a polyurethane sheet when the knife slipped and stabbed him in the left leg just above the knee. Employee was transported to the hospital where he received 5 sutures to close the wound.
Employee was installing hydraulic ram in motor grader, had a hoist control in one hand and a pry bar in the other guiding ram into place. He pulled on the bar and felt a pain in his groin area.
WHILE BOLTING PIPE TO VESSEL, PIPE SLIPPED HITTING HIM ON SHOULDER CAUSING HIM TO TWIST BREAKING HIS LEFT LEG NEAR THE ANKLE