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During crusher maintenance that involved rotating crusher blow bars, one employee was using a sledgehammer to dislodge the blow bar wedges. While striking the wedge, the employee missed and inadvertently struck the rotor. As a result, a metal fragment broke off and struck a nearby employee in the chest.

While the employee was cutting a conveyor belt performing maintenance, the knife slipped and cut the inside of EE's left knee.

Employee was using a metal hammer to drive collar on a shaft. While striking the hammer a piece of metal splintered off the hammer and struck the employee in the neck.

EE was cutting skirt rubber in a tight spot with a utility knife. EE was cutting towards self. Holding the rubber taught with EE's left hand, EE's right hand slipped and EE lost control of the knife and cut EE's forearm, right above where EE was wearing cut proof gloves - transported to emergency room where EE received 3 stitches.

He took a wrench and tried to loosen slide bolts, after a few turns, employee attempted one last turn and the wrench slipped off the bolt. The pressure from the wrench hyper-extended his thumb causing it to break.

Knife slipped while cutting chute liner material

Employee was using wrench to adjust take up on tail pulley. Strained muscle while pulling on wrench.

While checking wheel lugs with torque wrench, wrench slipped, spun around and hit employee's face.