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Employee was heating some bent steps on an excavator and attempting to bend them back into place with a 5' pry bar. The pry bar slipped and the employee stepped back with left leg which twisted and fibula bone by employee's left ankle fractured.
Employee was wrapping a come-along around a pipe and the hook came around and hit the employee in the mouth and nose. Result was a bruise and a couple of lose teeth which were expected to tighten after a couple of days. A few weeks later, the ee notified the employer that he had sought dental treatment and had 2 teeth pulled and would have one more pulled at a later date.
Laying brick on the ceiling in Zone 8, another bricklayer tapped the brick next to him and brick mortar went in eye. Employee had his safety glasses on at the time of incident. His left eye became red. Raw hide mallet tool was being used, and the brick mortar was Korundal Bond.
Injured was pulling on 5 ft pry bar to align conveyor frame for final placement, Bar slipped from steel causing him to lose control of the tool which then struck the employee on the outside of left knee cap resulting in fracture of the patella. Employee was released to return to restricted duty following medical attention.
Employee cutting open a tube of caulk with a utility knife and punctured his right thumb requiring sutures.
Dark dirty area. Knife slipped while cutting a zip-tie.
Employee swinging hammer in tight space around locked out screw conveyor. Employee got his finger caught between a flight on the screw conveyor and the hammer. Employee received a cut on his right index finger which resulted in 3 sutures.