EE was cutting conveyor belting with a utility knife and was holding the belting with EE's left hand. EE accidentally sliced through EE's left thumb above the top joint with a utility knife.
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June 20, 2025
MN · Metal/Non-Metal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Wm Mueller & Sons Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
June 16, 2022
MN · Metal/Non-Metal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Wm Mueller & Sons Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
bending over a bar on the wash plant wrenching. Felt a pop in the right side of EE's ribs and could hardly breath
Wm. Mueller & Sons, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Clearing a jam in the crusher and the pry bar slipped and broke employee's left pinky finger
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