Employee was using a cheater pipe on a wrench to loosen a nut. When the bolt came loose the employee smashed hand between the pipe and excavator bucket. The employee received 2 stitches from the incident.
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Knife River Corporation South · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
January 30, 2017
TX · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Knife River Corporation-South · Struck by flying object
Employee was removing a bearing race from screen housing with a hammer tapping the race causing a piece of the race to chip off striking employee in the left leg above knee. The foreign body embedded under the skin.
April 2, 2014
TX · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Knife River Corporation-South · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE ( Plant Operator ) was using a razor knife to cut a piece of rubber belting when the knife came in contact with his left thigh.
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