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Employee was enlarging an existing hole in a section of rubber (conveyor belting) with a utility knife. In the process of making the hole the knife slipped and cut their hand resulting in 6 stitches.
Employee was working to remove the well at the re-crush plant. The well got hung up on a collar. Employee used a hammer and wedge to remove collar. Once collar got knocked free the well casing slid down and pinched employee's left hand ring finger tip.
Employee was using a hammer to attempt to unclog a chute from outside the chute. After doing so, EE felt pain in EE's right shoulder.
North Railroad switch in North Branford Quarry was frozen. Heat was used to melt the ice on the switch. It freed up but not all the way. Employee used pry bar to see where switch was hanging up. Pry bar slipped and employee fell backward onto right wrist.
Employee jammed EE's hand shoveling on side of box
Employee was cleaning the feeder chute and smashed right thumb between the tool and the chute. Employee was taken to urgent care and received 2 stitches.
While swinging a sledge hammer to clean process chute, employee's finger got caught between the sledgehammer handle and the angle-iron of the chute. Employee reported the incident to his supervisor at lunchtime. Employee went to the hospital on 6/5/15, where it was determined that the employee has dislocated and fractured his finger.
Employee was using a bar with a hook on the end to move a steel plate on the screen deck in an area with very low clearance. While lifting the plate with the tool, it slipped off and struck the employee in the mouth chipping his front tooth.
While tapping a gear off a shaft with a hammer, a piece chipped off the gear hitting him in the stomach. Treated at ER for stomach puncture.
Opening a ballast car door. Door jammed while employee trying to lift it open with bar causing a muscle strain in upper shoulder and neck.
While using a pick axe to loosen dirt, the pick struck a cross member causing the pick to change direction and hit the inside of the employee's left foot. Treated for a foot contusion and placed on restricted duty.
Employee was trimming a rubber gate guard with a razor knife. The knife pulled free of the rubber, striking his left leg just above the knee.
Employee has his personal pocket knife in his hand and was leaning back in a chair when he lost balance and jolted suddenly and stabbed himself in the thigh.
while using a wrench with force caused an unknown collapse of vein in Right hand middle finger.
Pulled on the pipe extractor & it let loose, fell backward & hyper extended left knee.
was hammering metal and had taken off his safety glasses, a piece of metal penetrated his eye
WAS TIGHTENING VISE FELT PULL IN BACK.
CUTTING A PIECE OF ALUMINUM WITH A KNIFE, AND SLICED HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER.
EMPLOYEE WAS PLACING A MACHINERY PART IN A VISE. THE PART DISLODGED & STRUCK HIS FINGER CAUSING A FRACTURE.
A CO-WORKER WAS STRIKING THE WRENCH THAT THE EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING (THEY WERE TIGHTENING BOLTS). THE WRENCH STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE'S THUMB, FRACTURING IT.
EE CLAIMS HE FELT A "RIPPING" SENSATION IN HIS BACK WHILE PULLING RAILROAD SPIKES. HE IS CURRENTLY LOSING TIME FROM WORK. QUESTION IF WORK RELSATED DUE TO OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES.