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Employee was using a hammer to remove an old bearing from a crusher shaft. A sliver of steel broke off and entered the employee's leg. An x-ray showed the metal inside employee's leg, doctors opted not to remove it at this time.
The employee was asked to help pull down on a pry bar positioned overhead. The pry bar slipped and struck the employee in the head. Employee was not wearing hard hat.
Employee was removing the rear panel from a screen, lowering it with a chain come-along. The panel rotated and pinned the employee's leg against a nearby pipe.
Employee was using a utility knife to cut conveyor belting. The knife slipped and cut the employee's finger. Surgical glue was required to close the wound.
Employee was stripping a belt to be vulcanized. He was using a knife to cut the cords and cut his thumb.
On 8/27/12 the employee was cut on his elbow when the nut he was trying to loosen broke free & his arm hit the frame of a machine. He received 1st aid & returned to work. On 8/28/12, while using a wrench to turn a thread-tapper & compensating for the pain in his elbow, the wrench slipped, glanced off his safety glasses & struck him in the forehead, causing another laceration.
Two employees were shoveling trash into the back of a garbage truck. One employee lifted his shovel as the other was leaning down and struck him in the forehead with the shovel.
Employee was attaching a chain to a piece of equipment, preparing to move it. He pinched his thumb between a pulley and the lifting chain.
EMPLOYEE WAS SWINING A 10-16 LB SLEDGEHAMMER IN A BENT OVER POSITION WHILE HELPING TO CHANGE A BEARING ON THE WASH PLANT.