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THE INDIVIDUAL WAS ASSISTING IN THE EXCHANGE OF TEETH ON THE DRAGLINE BUCKET. HE TURNED TO PICK UP A SLEDGE HAMMER AND IN SO DOING WRENCHED HIS BACK. HE DID NOT PICK UP THE HAMMER AS HIS LOWER BACK HAD ALREADY BEEN INJURED.
WHIE THIS INDIVIUAL WAS CUTTING A BOX WITH A UTILITY KNIFE HE SLIPPED AND CUT THE THUMB ON HIS OPPOSITE HAND. THE THUMB WAS CUT AT THE TIP OF THE NAIL AREA REQUIRING FIVE STITCHES.
TWO WELDERS WERE ATTEMPTING TO DISLODGE A WEAR PLATE FROM THE BOTTOM OF A DRAGLINE BUCKET WHEN STRUCK WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER A PIECE OF METAL FROM THE WEAR PLATE CAME LOOSE AND STRUCK THE OTHER WELDER IN THE NOSE AND BECAME EMBEDDED IN THE CHEEK. BOTH INDIVIDUALS WERE DOING THEIR REGULARLY ASSIGNED JOBS AND WEARING ALL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT REQUIRED.