While cleaning in a tight area with shovels, another employee slipped in the mud and impacted the employee in the mouth with the wood handle of a shovel.
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Showing all 6EE was using a utility knife to cut rubber belting. The blade went through easier than expected and the blade struck him in his right thigh. 3 stitches were required to suture the wound.
EE CUTTING CONVEYOR BELT WITH UTILITY KNIFE. KNIFE SLIPPED & CUT INTO LEFT PALM OF HAND. 7 STITCHES REQUIRED.
EMPLOYEE WAS SPLITTING A ROCK WHEN A PIECE OF THE ROCK FLEW BACK AT HIM AND STRUCK HIM ON THE LIP.
EE IS A STONE CUTTER. IN SPLITTING A ROCK, 1/2 OF PIECE FELL ON EMPLOYEE'S LEG, INJURING THE KNEE.
THE EE WAS STRUCK IN THE CHEST BY A BAR WHILE WORKING ON AN OVERSIZED CONVEYOR.