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While using a pry bar to perform repairs on a bed of a pickup truck, the pry bar slipped and struck the employees lip resulting in an injury.
A maintenance technician was working on the latch bar mechanism on the dipper of an electric rope shovel. A small chunk of dirt fell from the dipper door striking the individual which caused the individual to lose their balance and striking EE's mouth on the end of the crowbar. The impact caused a cut lip which required stitches.
Employee was using a sledgehammer to connect poly pipe camlocks when EE felt a pain in EE's back.
While removing a dozer tooth tip with a sledge hammer, a piece of metal came off the tip and hit employee in the leg.
While trying to install a bushing into a right track frame on a Komatsu D475 track dozer a mechanic hit his thumb on his left hand with a soft faced hammer. This caused his thumb to smash against the bushing making a cut on the inside of his thumb.
A mechanic was installing a pin on a scraper hitch. The employee was using a sledge hammer to pound the pin into place behind him. When the hammer contacted the pin a piece of metal from the pin broke off and embedded into the mechanic's right leg. Employee was taken to ER but had to have surgery to remove the piece of metal from his leg.
One employee was holding a B&O tool in order to remove a wedge from a socket. Another employee hit the impact area on the B&O tool with a sledge hammer when a piece of metal chipped off of the B&O hit the employee, holding the tool, in the forehead. The employee was transported to ER where doctor removed the piece of metal.
An employee was cutting zip ties with a utility knife. He cut through the last zip tie and the knife blade contacted the palm of his left hand causing a laceration. The employee was transported to the ER where he received 2 stitches.
An employee was pounding an 8 inch pin with a sledge hammer on an 8750 dragline when a piece of metal from the hammer broke off and hit another employee standing 10 feet away. The piece of metal lacerated the left chest/shoulder area on the employee.
Employee was struck by a 4 lb hammer while helping to position the top section of a portal, resulting in a fracture to the third distal phalange of the right middle finger.
A mechanic EE experienced back pain while working on a track dozer
Emp was moving a loading shovel from one ramp to another. The shovel spun out on the slope causing the cable to tighten. He cut the rope that held the cable that was tied off to the shovel. When he cut the rope the cable whipped, knocking him to the ground. When he fell to the ground he landed on his right shoulder.
Torquing bolts on hoist drum, right hand got crushed between the hoist and the torque.
WHILE AN EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A MUFFLER ON A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT AND USING A PRY BAR TO SEPARATE THE INLET PIPE FROM THE MUFFLER, THE PRY BAR SLIPPED AND THE BLUNT END STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE ON T HE LEFT SIDE TEMPLE AREA OF HIS HEAD. RESULTED IN A SMALL LACERATION REQUIRING SUTURING.
EE WAS STRIPPING INSULATION FROM A PIECE OF CABLE WITH A UTILITY KNIFE WHICH SLIPPED AND STRUCK HIS LEFT THUMB RESULTING IN A LACERATION THAT REQUIRED STITCHES.
WHILE AN EMPLOYEE WAS USING A THREE HOOK SPREADER CHAIN TO LIFT A MOTOR IN PLACE, ONE OF THE HOOKS CAME LOOSE AND STRUCK THE EE IN THE LEFT EYE, RESULTING IN A BROKEN NOSE AND A SMALL LACERATI ON TO THE SCLERA PART OF THE EYE THAT REQUIRED SURGERY TO REPAIR.