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The employee was pulling on a wrench and the wrench slipped hitting the employee in the bottom lip and front bottom tooth, causing a small laceration to the lip and a small chip to the tooth.
Ee was removing drain plug with a ratchet and the ratchet slipped, pinching the ee's left pinky finger. Ee seen at ER and sutures were required. Ee released to full duty.
Ee was working with another ee, had swellex in vice and coworker was using wrench to spin it. Injured ee's hand was caught between the vice and the swellex. Seen at ER, diagnosed with fractured fingertip and laceration. Stitches required and ee put off work for 2 days, then restricted.
Two Employees were changing the isolating mounts on the VFD housing on a drill rig and using a come-a-long to lift one of the corners. The come-along broke and the VFD housing dropped down and contacted the socket and ratchet. The ratchet shifted and pinched the employee's index and middle finger in between the ratchet handle and rig substructure.
Ee was removing pin, hit pin with a hammer causing metal shard to strike inner left thigh. Ee seen at ER, where the metal shard was removed and the employee was put off work pending follow up on 04/18/16.
Ee was repairing a tooth on a ripper. EE struck the tooth with a metal sledge hammer, causing a piece of metal to break off and enter EE's left thigh. Surgical removal of the metal piece was necessary.
Ee was using a hook knife while splicing a conveyor belt on the overland conveyor (OLC #2). The knife came through the belt and made contact with his left wrist, causing a laceration to the left wrist. Ee was wearing PPE, kevlar gloves. Ee was evaluated and stitches were required to close the wound. Referred to an orthopedist for evaluation, appt scheduled for 05/12/14.
Cut his thumb while trimming HDPE liner sample using curved utility knife.
Ee was using a knife to strip cable for installation when the knife slipped, cutting the left thumb. Stitches were required to close the laceration. Released to full duty.
Employee was driving picks out of a cutting edge and a piece of metal struck his right cheek. He was seen at the ER where an incision was made to remove the metal. He was released to full duty.
Crew was attempting to pull a stuck tube, employee used a parmalay wrench to rotate rods, when he did so the rods dropped pinching his finger between the wrench and rotation guard resulting in an open fracture to the tip of his left little finger.
When pounding pin with sledge hammer, ee felt pop, burning and pain in elbow. Pain increased over weekend, ee thought this was related to 04/12/12 industrial injury, so he saw Dr. MRI identified triceps tendon rupture, determined a new injury on 09/26/2012. Lost time, surgical repair required.
Employee was stripping a cable and the blade on the razor broke, hitting the right leg with the remaining blade, causing a laceration. Sutures were required to close the wound and the employee was released to full duty.
Employee changing hose clamps, cutting hose and razor knife slipped. Employee required sutures to left thumb. Released to full duty.