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A mechanic was cleaning dirt from an oil drain plug using a screwdriver when a piece of debris dropped into their eye, resulting in material becoming embedded. The employee was immediately taken for medical evaluation. The metal fragment was removed, and antibiotics eye drops were administered and prescribed.

While setting up a drill rig at a new location, a Driller struck the tip of left thumb with a hammer they were using to install a 4"x4" piece of wood to the wood deck to help keep the drill on alignment.

EE was attempting to remove a fuel filter from the 789 CAT haul truck when, using exertion, the filter broke loose. This sudden movement caused pain in the employee's right shoulder. An MRI was performed and results confirmed on 1/8/25 a torn rotator cuff. EE was issued restricted duty.

EE was attempting to loosen brake cartridge with a wrench. When the cartridge broke loose, EE's hand contacted adjacent metal manifold causing a laceration. EE received 5 stitches.

An operator took his pocket knife out and started to cut a zip tie off of two airlines when he cut through the zip tie his knife blade struck his hand which was below cutting the webbing in between the index and thumb.

Worker was trying to square off the plastic he was cutting. The knife slipped and cut through his glove on his left hand. He cut the palm of his hand resulting in 4 stitches. He returned to work with no lost time.

An employee was hammering a metal lock pin from a shank pin on the back of a dozer, when a small sliver of metal chipped off and entered the top of his left hand median to the thumb and index finger.

An employee was adding drill steel to #260 drill. The employee was using a J wrench to secure the drill steel to break the connection. While installing the J wrench his left index finger came into contact with a burr on the J wrench that cut through his leather glove, requiring 9 stitches.

A maintenance mechanic was installing cutting edges on a dozer. They were using an auto crane to carry the weight of the edge being installed. The employee was using a bar to center up the bolt holes to insert the bolt. As they were aligning the bolt holes with a small bar the employee was pushing it away from his body when he felt a pain in his mid thoracic back.

On 9/21/06 an employee was working in a screen deck, driving plugs that hold the screen panels in, with a hammer. As he swung the hammer, it bounced off of an over head tube, hitting his left pinky finger.

An employee was using a wrench and a cheater bar to break a bolt loose. As he applied pressure the wrench slipped off of the bolt resulting in a cut to his right pinky.

A tire mechanic was fixing snow chains, when he hit his left thumb with a hammer. The initial doctors visit showed no fractures or dislocations. Upon a follow-up visit (2/14/06) a new x-ray showed there was a frature to the left thumb.

Employee was holding a loader tooth in position and hammering with his right hand. The hammer slipped off the pin and smashed his middle finger on his left hand.

WAS REPLACING SET OF BUCKET TEETH ON 315 LOADER WHEN A PIECE OF STEEL BROKE OFF THE TOOTH AND EMBEDDED ITSELF INTO HIS STOMACH.

WHILE USING A RAM FOR PUSHING A MAJOR BOGIE PIN INTO PLACE ON 512 DOZER. HE WAS ADJUSTING PUSH BOLTS AND HOLDING THE RAM IN PLACE TO PUSH THE PINS IN PLACE. THE RAM DROPPED AND HIT HIS MIDDL E FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND, SMASHING IT BETWEEN THE RAM AND THE CRIBBING.

EE WAS CHANGING A TROUGHING ROLLER AND HAD TO HAMMER IT, HE SMASHED HIS LEFT THUMB WITH THE SLEDGE HAMMER. DIAGNOSIS OF INJURY FROM PHYSICIAN ON 1-13-02.

WHILE CHANGING A ROLLER ONTHE CONVEYOR SYSTEM, EE WAS TRYING TO TAKE END CAP OFF WHILE USING HIS POCKET KNIFE THE KNIFE SLIPPED CUTTING HIS RT INDEX FINGER

EMPLOYEE WAS OPENING A CAN OF ZINC WHEN THE TOOL HE WAS USING SLIPPED, CAUSING HIS ARM TO SCRAPE AGAINST CAN, WHICH CUT HIS WRIST.