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Employee was using a pry bar to hold a guard in place near a conveyor belt so that he could repair the guard. The bar came into contact with the moving belt causing the bar to spin and be pulled from his hands.
Employee was removing and replacing the worn teeth on a Caterpillar 992G loader bucket. Employee struck the tooth with a sledge hammer and a piece of the tooth came off and punctured the employee's stomach. He was taken to a local ER where they did an MRI and decided to leave the small piece of metal in him. He received stitches and was released to full duty.
Employee was digging ice and rock out of the VS-3 tower chutes when he felt a twinge in his wrist.
Employee started to take weight off of grader with overhead hoist so that grader would jack up easier. Chain sling on hoist broke striking employees thumb on left hand. Employee sustained a laceration and needed minor outpatient surgery to reconnect a tendon...and stitches. No lost days.
WHILE CUTTING A RUBBER HOSE WITH A RAZOR BLADE, THE BLADE BOUNCED OFF THE HOSE AND HIT HIS ARM CUTTING IT.
EE WAS USING A WRENCH TO LOOSEN THE BOLT FROM THE PILLAR BLOCK BEARING CAP, THE WRENCH SLIPPED OFF AND HIT EE INT HE 2 FRONT TEETH, CHIPPING THEM.
EMPLOYEE WAS ADJUSTING AN IDLER ARM WITH A HAMMER ON BF-5 HE STRUCK HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER ON THE FRAME DURING THE BACK SWING.
ANOTHER EE WAS DRIVING A BEARING ONTO A SHAFT WHILE EE WAS HOLDING A BLOCK OF WOOD ON IT. THE EEMISSED THE BLOCK & STRUCK EE HAND CAUSING A LACERATION OF THE LEFT RING FINGER-NEEDED 5 STITCHES
EMPLOYEE WAS KNEELING ON A CATWALK CUTTING A PIECE OF RUBBER WITH A UTILITY KNIFE. THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT HIS LEG.
EE WAS USING A UTILITY KNIFE TO CUT A PIECE OF RUBBER HOSE WHEN KNIFE SLIPPED CUTTING HIM IN LEG.