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EMPLOYEE WAS USING A HAMMER TO DRIVE A TOOTH ON A DOZER RIPPER WHEN A FRAGMENT OF METAL CHIPPED OFF AND PUNCTURED HIS LEFT LEG. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AND THE FRAGMENT WAS SURGICALLY REM OVED BY A DOCTOR. THE WOUND WAS MINOR AND EMPLOYEE RETURNED TO WORK.
EMPLOYEE USED A BALL PEEN HAMMER TO DRIVE OFF A RIPPER TOOTH ON A CAT D-9. THE HAMMER CHIPPED OFF A PIECE OF METAL WHICH PUNCTURED EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT KNEE. METAL FRAGMENT COULD NOT BE REMOVED BY PROBING. EMPLOYEE IS AWAITING APPOINTMENT WITH SPECIALIST TO REMOVE FRAGMENT SURGICALLY. MEANTIME EMPLOYEE CONTINUES TO WORK.