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Emp was holding chisel while trying to loosen bolts on blow bar locking rounds on crusher rotor and striking it with a sledgehammer. The hammer ricocheted off the chisel and struck emp left thumb.
emp was cleaning mud from dozer tracks with shovel at end of shift and struck a bolt causing jarring motion in arm/elbow
Employee 1 was standing beside a screen deck attempting to remove bolts from the screen rails. Simultaneously employee 2 was standing on top of the screen deck prying on the screen rail with a prybar in order to apply pressure to the bolts so they could be removed more easily. The prybar slipped from it's pry-point and the handle struck employee 1 in the head.
Employee was cutting a plastic pipe when the sprung weight caused the pipe to hit employee in the face
Performing maintenance on primary crusher. Employee using sledge hammer to remove crusher wear item from carrier. A small piece of metal broke off and struck employee below left knee.
employee was hitting on a gear to remove it from shaft when a small chip came off and stuck him in the forearm it was less than 3/16" in diameter he reported the injury on 6/23/12
EMPLOYEE USING UTILITY KNIFE TO CUT SCRAPER WHEN KNIFE SLIPPED RESULTING IN A LACERATION TO HIS LEFT WRIST. REQUIRED STITCHES.
EE WAS PRYING ON PIECE OF HEAD PULLY LAGGING THAT HAD COME LOOSE WITH CROW BAR WHEN THE BAR SLIPPED & SMASHED HIS THUMB