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Changing out carrier roller on bulldozer. Employee struck the roller with a ball pin hammer, causing a piece of metal from the roller to be a projectile which then caused a laceration to the employee's left forearm. The laceration required stitches.
Changing out bucket teeth on 6040 Excavator. Used a sledge hammer to hit tooth, and a piece of the hammer chipped off. This caused a small laceration on right side of stomach.
Employee placing sidewall density logging tool into test borehole felt a hitch in back. Continued to work through the week with back pain going from bad to good. On Sunday back pain became so severe that Cardno nurse case management was called and Cardno became aware of the injury.
Tech was using hydraulic ram to push new studs into the hub. Tech went to release pressure off the ram, when doing so before ee could grab it, it slipped out and struck ee in the right side of the face.