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Employee was sledging on a ripper tooth, when a piece of the tooth broke off, entering lower left leg. Employee did not miss any work, however; he did seek medical treatment, which makes this a reportable accident.
The injured employee and a co-worker were prying a piece of rock with a rock bar off the push arm of a dozer when the rock rolled back on the rock bar thus causing the rock bar to come out of employee's grasp permitting the rock bar to come down on shin causing a laceration. Employee did not miss any work however he did receive 9 sutures.