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Employee was helping to flip the blow Bars at the Hazemag crusher area; pounding out wedges. A piece of metal flew out of the area where they were hammering, hit employee in the left arm, and became embedded in the arm.
The miner was installing a rubber screen. It was too long so he decided to trim off the excess with a utility knife. It slid and caused a laceration to his left forearm approximately 2 1/2" in length.
EE was using a bar to turn a ratchet wrench, pulling toward himself. The bar slipped and hit the EE on the right side of his head.
Employee strained his chest muscles while performing maintenance on the underground drill.
EE WAS LIFTING A FOOT VALVE USING A COME-ALONG WHEN HE STRAINED HIS BACK.