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Employee was cutting sleeves off EE's t-shirt, and somehow managed to cut EE's left forearm with a utility knife, resulting in four stitches to EE's arm.
Employee was cutting a conveyor belt with a utility knife, when the knife slipped and lacerated EE's left thumb, resulting in three stitches to the thumb.
Employee was changing a liner for a crusher, utilizing a hammer and chisel, when a piece of the chisel broke off, and embedded in the Right arm, requiring 3 stitches
Employee was removing bucket from excavator, when pin that other employee was hammering out suddenly came out, crushing the tip of employee's middle finger, of his left hand.
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING RUBBER CONVEYOR BELT MATERIAL WHEN UTILITY KNIFE EMPLOYEE WAS USING CAME FREE FROM MATERIAL HE WAS CUTTING, RESULTING IN A LACERATION OF HIS RIGHT KNEE.
Employee was operating crusher plant facilities, when he noticed that there appeared to be some spillage from one of the conveyor belts carrying material from crusher to stockpile, upon inspection saw that rubber skirting was out of place, Employee tried to push on rubber skirting with metal prybar, resulting in prybar getting caught between the conveyor and roller, kick back