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WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A STORAGE CONTAINER FOREAR PLUGS OUT OF AN OLD LEATHER GLOVE, EMPS PERSONAL 3" POCKET KNIFE FILED TO LOCK OPEN CAUSING IT TO FOLD AND CUT RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER REQUIRING 3 SUTURES. NO PERMANENT DAMAGE.
WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MOVE A 12" METAL PIPE SECTION WITH A DOG, HE STRAINED HIS UPPER TO MID BACK. DIAGNOSIS WAS A HIGH BACK STRAIN, MILD.
WHILE 2 EE'S WERE ALTERNATELY BEATING ON A STUCK CLAM GATE, THE 4 LB HAMMER MISSED ITS TARGET, THEN SLIPPED OUT OF THE GRIP, STRIKING INJURED EE IN THE MOUTH. HAMMER FLEW APPROX. 5 FT IN AIR B EFORE STRIKING EE. CUT UPPER LIP REQUIRED SUTURES, 2 BROKEN TEETH, UPPER RT AND LOWER LEFT FRONT TEETH, PLUS 1 CRACKED.
EE WAS WHITTLING ON A WOODEN HAMMER HANDLE FOR IFIT WITH UTLITLY KNIFE WHEN WHILE CUTTING TOWARDS HIS HAND THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND GAUGED HIS LEFT THUMB REQUIRED 6 SUTURES NO IMPAIRMENT.
WRENCH SLIPPED PINCHING EMPLOYEE'S LEFT LITTLE FINGER WHILE BACKING UP A BOLT ON A SCREEN. TWO STITCHES REQUIRED. X-RAYS NEGATIVE.
EMPLOYEE WAS WE5DING INSIDE CRUSHER WAS CHIPPING FLUX WHEN A PIECE OF FLUX HIT HIS LEFT EYEBALL AND EMBEDDED EMPLOYEE CONTINUED WORKING 7-26-87 WAS BOTHERING HIM AND WENT TO HOSPITAL DR REMOVE D AND TREATED E2E IS OK NO PERMANENT DAMAGE
EMP WAS TIGHTEN3NG A BOLT. THE BOLT HEAD WAS WELDED TO KEEP FROM TURNING. WELD BROKE ALLOWING SUDDEN SURGE FORWARD OF WRENCH AND HAND. LEFT RING FINGER CAUGHT CASE EDGE AND SMASHED THE TIP, LA CERATION REQUIR9D 5 STITCHES
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING BRACE THE BACK UP BAR OF A COMPOUND WRENCH WHEN IT SLIPPED AND SLID ON HIS RING FINGER OF LEFT HAND CAUSING THE FINGER NAIL TO RIP OFF AND A HAIRLINE FRACTURE OF PLALANGE