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EE WAS FITTING A PIECE OF METAL FOR WELDING WITH A HAMMER. A CHIP OF SLAG FLEW OFF STRIKING EE IN THE RIGHT EYE. EE WASHED MOST OF SLAG OUT, BUT THEN WENT TO DOCTOR WHERE THE LAST SMALL PIECE WAS REMOVED.
EE WAS HAND SHARPENING A SICKLE WITH A FILE. HIS HAND SLIPPED AND CAME INTO CONTACT WITH THE SICKLE BLADE, SLICING HIS RT INDEX AND RING FINGER. THE FINGERS REQUIRED ONE AND TWO STITCHES RESPE CTIVELY.
THE EE WAS PUTTING TOGETHER 2INCH YELLOW MIDE PIPE ON THE LEACH PAD. HE WAS STANDING ON ONE END AND POUNDING A COUPLER ONTO THE PIPE. THE HAMMER IN WHICH HE WAS POUNDING WITH SLIPPED OUT OF HI S HADD STRIKING THE INSIDE OF HIS LEFT ANKLE.
WE WERE CHANGING THE GLOM BELT. EE WAS CUTTING BELT, LEANING OUT AND TURNED JUST WRONG AND FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK.
THE EMPLOYEE HAD COMPLETED DRIVING A METAL WEDGE BETWEEN TWO PIECES OF ANGLE IRON ON A CONVEYOR. HE WAS INSPECTING HIS WORK WHEN THE WEDGE POPPED OUT, STRIKING HIM IN THE FACE. THE EMPLOYEE WA S NOT HAMMERING THE WEDGLE WHEN IT POPPED OUT. THE EMPLOYEE SUFFERED A SPLIT LIP AND A SMALL LACERATION TO THE FOREHEAD. A TOOTH WAS CHIPPED AND SOME TEETH WERE LOOSENED. STITCHES WERE REQUIR
A LARGE ROCK WAS BEING PULLED FROM THE CRUSHER JAW WITH A CABLE. THE CALBE SLIPPED FROM THE ANCHOR POINT AND SLAPPED THE EMPLOYEE'S ARM.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS USING A LOCK BLADE KNIFE AND WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF RUBBER SKIRTING WHEN THE BLADE CLOSED ON HIS FINGER RSULTING IN A VERY DEEP CUT.