Hitting bucket tooth adaptor with 20lb sledge hammer piece broke off struck employee and entered inside right leg exiting 4 inches below entry point
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Showing all 10Employee was cutting belt with utility knife when he cut his left forearm.
Employee was prying rock with pry bar and bar slipped off striking employee in head. Employee was wearing hardhat....
EE was digging a large rock out of the raw crusher the rock fell jarring the bar the EE was using. The bar struck the EE's left forearm.
EE WAS REPAIRING A 1" WATER HOSE - CUTTING END OF HOSE WITH KNIFE, KNIFE SLIPPED CUTTING LEFT THUMB - NEEDED 8 SUTURES.
EE ASSISTING MAINT REPLACE CONVEYOR BELT, WHILE CUTTING OFF SECTION OF OLD BELT UTILITY KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT EE IN RIGHT THIGH - REQUIRED 2 SUTURES.
OPERATING HAND CRANKED RATCHET, HAND SLIPPED & SKINNED KNUCKLE ON RIGHT LITTLE FINGER. RECIEVED5 SUTURES TO CLOSE AVULSION.
EE USING SLEDGE & SLEDGE WRENCH TO LOOSEN/ADJUST LARGE NUT. EE MIS-HIT SLEDGE & HIT RIGHT HAND ON WRENCH & SLEDGE HANDLE.
EE CUTTING PIECE OF SKIRT RUBBER WITH LITTELITY KNIFE-KNIFE SLIPPED CUTTING EE IN LEFT THIGH REQUIRING 4 SUTURES.
EE SHOVELING BELT SPILLAGE FROM UNDER STOPPED BELT, GOT RIGHT HAND TOO CLOSE TO ANGLE BRACING & GOUGED A 1/2" X 1/2" X 3/16" PIECE OUT OF HIS MIDDLE FINGER, WAS NOT WEARING GLOVES. RECEIVED 5 SUTURES AT CLINIC.