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A mechanic was attempting to remove a zip tie on a plug while using a utility knife when it made contact with their left middle finger, lacerating it.

Employee was replacing GET bucket teeth, one tooth retainer would not move. Employee cut off that tooth retainer, then struck the tooth with a 3 pound hammer. A piece of metal came off the tooth and struck them in the forearm.

EE was dumping barrel with barrel dumping device when chain came off dumping mechanism pulley, causing the EE to pull with no resistance suddenly causing pain in left shoulder, back between shoulders.

Employee was attempting to remove a water filter housing using a strap wrench at our water treatment plant. The employee was pulling on handle of strap wrench when it slipped hitting them in the mouth loosening a front tooth #8.

EE was cutting thick rubber with a knife using force and slipped cutting left wrist sutures required.

On 10/25/11 EE was using a pipe wrench to break a joint during a trip. His right hand was gripping around the wrench that was backed up against the tower. When the rotation was engaged to break the joint the wrench jaws slipped and the handle of the wrench slipped forward and pinched the edge of EE's right index finger between the pipe wrench and the drill mast.

During relining the ball mill a fellow employee was hammering a liner bolt in, injured employee was standing off to the side and behind him when a small piece of metal came off the hammer and struck him in the neck.

Employee was inserting a hoist pin, swing with a sledge hammer, felt twinge in back.

Replacing lip shroud on shovel, using hammer to remove bolt, was struck by flying metal.

Employee was removing a hub from a shaft when a hub puller bolt broke and the arm of the puller hit the employee in the chin, requiring stitches

Employee got hand smashed between jack stand and the frame of a pickup

Was scaling rock box in crusher and got dirt in eye

Baring tire down to install lock ring, bar slipped off wheel and hit right cheek.

The mine guys strapped a motor with the wire part of the come-along around the rafter and as they moved the motor the wire kinked and broke dropping the motor; it fell and hit the side of my body and bounced landing on my hand on the railing of the crane smashing my hand and removing two fingers on my right hand.

Using pry bar to knock rocks down from feed cart, hand struck side of chute tearing off fingernail.

Cutting ceiling tile & the knife slipped and cut left hand next to index finger.

Employee was holding wrench while another employee was tapping on a shovel tooth to get it situated to lock it down when a piece of shrapnel came off tooth and struck employee in the right arm pit.

Pulling cable with hot stick, hot stick slipped off cable, fell backwards and hit head with hot stick.

PINCHED LITTLE FINGER ON RIGHT HAND BETWEEN 2 METAL COMPONENTS.

Was prying on waterline with prybar and tweaked back.

WORKER ATTEMPTING TO CHANGE BIT ON DRILL. SWINGING SLADGEHAMMER IN ORDER TO FACILITATE THE CHANGE. ON THE 6TH SWING, WORKER FELT A PAIN IN HIS RIGHT BICEPS. LATER CONFIRMED BY MRI AS A TORN BICEPS TENDON.

WORKING AN STEMMING HOLES. EE BENT OVR TO SHOVEL AND FELT HIS BACK GIVE UP.