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Associate was replacing some rubber with a safety knife. As the associate was scoring the bucking rubber the safety knife kept getting stuck. They squeezed the handle 3 more times, & on the 3rd attempt the blade popped out and was too close to their inner thigh causing the blade to cut through pants leaving a ¾ of an inch cut in their thigh.

ASSOCIATE WAS REPLACING A TOOTH ON A CONCRETE MUNCHER. WHILE HOLDING THE RETAINING PIN WITH LEFT HAND & SWINGING A HAMMER WITH THE RIGHT, EE GLANCED OFF THE PIN & HIT LEFT HAND.

When cutting a lifting eye in the welding shop, EE knocked the center piece free with a chipping hammer, the hot metal fell on EE's pant leg, burned through the material and fell into the top of EE's boot.

Associate was attempting to dislodge a rock from a conveyor with a 24" bar. The associate's hand got pinned between the bar & the conveyor.

Employee was on ground wielding lifting eyes on Jaw Cheek plates. The plates were stacked on top of each other and as he would finish wielding one he would slide the plate off to the side. During this process one of the plates fell on his right foot smashing his right toe causing a Closed Fracture.

Employee was preparing a cable belt for splicing by using a hook knife as recommended by the manufacturer to perform that process. The hook knife slipped off the cable, and forward momentum carried the knife into the associates left forearm requireing stitches. Zero lost work time.

Employee was using a come-a-long to pull two I beams together while wielding a cross beam. The anchor point broke and the come-a-long popped back and hit his right hand.