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Was shoveling waste and turned and hit right hand on side of conveyor frame
Employee was using a pipe wrench to loosen bolt to remove valve at plant. Employee was stood on cat walk, valve was at chest level. Wrench slipped and employee lost balance and hit back on handrail causing a fracture to the right wing of the lower vertebra.
Employee was hitting tooth pin with metal hammer. Piece of metal broke loose from pin and hit lower left leg.
Lifting track with pry bar. Possible strain to right rotator cuff.
Employee was knocking slag off a piece of metal with a hammer, he slid his safety glasses down his nose because he said that they had fogged up and a piece of slag hit him in the eye.
Employee was tightening bolts on screen at plant when his tool slipped and his arm came back and he hit his left elbow on plant. Contusion to left elbow area.
EMPLOYEE WAS TURNING A BOLT WHEN PUTTING IN A PIN IN THE BUCKET OF THE VOLVO EC360 EXCAVATOR. THE WRENCH SLIPPED AND HE HIT HIMSELF IN THE FACE WITH THE WRENCH CAUSING A LACERATION TO THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS FACE.
WAS USING A HAMMER (HAND HELD) TO KNOCK IN A PIN AND HIT HIS HAND INSTEAD OF THE PIN.
EE WAS SHOVELING UNDER A GUARDED PULLEY. HE HIT THE UNDERSIDE OF THE PULLEY WITH THE SHOVEL AND THE SHOVEL SPRANG BACK FRACTURING HIS FINGER. EE WAS TERMINATED FOR FAILURE TO PRODUCE URINE SPE CIMEN.