A wrench was struck with a hammer to loosen a nut. When employee's thumb was struck, causing a fracture.
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Showing all 5While using a utility knife to cut the conveyor belt, EE accidentally cut EE's thigh.
EE was removing a pipe from a fitting with a 4ft. pipe wrench. When EE picked the wrench up to reset the pipe wrench to pull on it again when a finger got caught between the top of the wrench and the hydraulic tank frame which resulted in a laceration to right pinky, requiring stitches.
Employee was adjusting the jaw crusher w/4' rachet, rachet slipped off nut. Employee fell on top of loader bucket, hitting his leg on the gusset on top of the bucket. At the time of the accident the loader bucket was down on the ground and shut off, bucket was tilted forward w/material behind bucket so it wouldn't move.
EMPLOYEE WAS PREPARING A CONVEYER TO BE MOVED. CONVEYER BELTING HAD TO BE CUT. WHILE CUTTING BELT WITH A UTILITY KNIFE, KNIFE SLIPPED CUTTING EMPLOYEE'S LEFT HAND, IN WEB OF THUMB AND FOREFI NGER.