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Tech was opening box with box cutter when it slipped and hit him in the leg causing a cut requiring 2 stitches.
Employee was putting seals in a main pump on a drill. He was using a pry bar to pry the pump out of the gear box. The pry bar slipped.
Employee was hitting a sprocket with a sledge hammer, when a small piece of metal hit his right upper arm, resulting in one stich.
Employee was standing about ten ft. away from the loader bucket, where they were replacing a tooth on the bucket. When they hit the keeper with a hammer, a piece of the keeper shattered hitting the employee below the left knee, required stiches.
Mechanic was working on a customer-owned 785 Rigid Dump Truck steering cylinder. He was using the drag link as a pry point, the bar slipped and came down across his right shoulder. His right shoulder socket was broken. Approximate time off from work - three weeks.
EE was removing wear strips on a loader bucket. Wrench slipped cutting left hand, he received 5 stiches.
The mechanic was holding a segment bolt with a scerw driver, the screw driver sliped, the bolt caught the glove pulling his finger in with the scew driver.He was taken to the ARH Hospital, he received 9 stiches in his left fore-finger.
While changing a PTM cradle location, a pry bar was used to keep the cradle from moving. When they leveled the highwall miner, the bar dislodged and struck EE in the back - As a result, he was diagnosed as having a cracked rib.