EE was cutting skirt rubber with a utility knife and slipped cutting EE's right thigh.
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Showing all 10Employee was installing a bucket cylinder pin with pry bar, the end of the pinch bar broke off and jammed their hand against the corner of the auxiliary valve
EE was removing housing off a pump, EE hit flange on back swing causing hammer to deflect and make contact with left thumb, which fractured it.
Employee was hammering on a bearing and a small piece of metal broke off and embedded in employees skin.
Employee hit tip of finger with a hammer while seating a bearing on equipment. Gloves were in use. Accident was treated as a first aid until 10/15/2015 when infection set in and he was taken for a higher level of care. Employee is restricted with use of left hand.
Employee had opened a box that contained a pressure washer. The employee then was trying to pull a tag off of the machine (pressure washer). At that moment he pulled out a personal knife to cut the tag off. The knife went through the tag and his left hand (thumb)causing a laceration.
Employee was removing V belts on the primary crusher to replace with new ones. He was working on cutting the final belt on the motor. As he was holding the belt with his left hand and cutting with his right, his hand shifted, bringing it into the path of the razor knife. Employee cut through his leather glove and lacerated his left hand.
Employee was performing maintenance on a loader bucket. He was trying to remove a bucket tooth by hitting the retainer pin out with a punch and ball pin hammer. A piece of metal flew out and struck employee in his left forearm, causing puncture which had to be treated by Doctor. Two stitches were applied.
Employee was unchocking cone crusher with a pry bar and as he lifted the pry bar to reposition it, he felt a sharp pain in his back resulting in a lower and upper back strain.
Employee was removing a panel to do maintenance on a bearing. While doing so the employee used a small sledge hammer against a chipping hammer to remove the panel. A piece of metal came off of the chipping hammer and became imbedded in the employee's hand.