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The Miner, while working at chopper station #2, was shaping the rock and smashed EE's finger dismembering the tip of it.
Miner struck their own hand with hand maul, cutting finger, transverse fracture through the distal tuft of the distal phalanx of the thumb. Patient can return to work when they feel well enough to do so.
Employee was a mechanic at the mine. He was using a sledge hammer to install metal pins in the track of an excavator. After miss hitting the pin a small piece of metal from the pin broke off the pin and hit his leg. There was a small wound. He was taken to the hospital emergency room and received treatment. He was back to work the next day