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Employee was using a ratchet to remove a coupling bolt when the socket that was connected slipped off of the nut. This caused the handle of the ratchet to make contact with his bottom lip and the top center tooth resulting in a fracture of the tooth.
The employee was preparing a chain come-a-long that was going to be used. While pulling the chain slack, the dead end hook slipped off of a threaded stud. The come-a-long struck the employee in the face which caused the safety glasses that the employee was wearing to contact his left eyebrow. The result was a 2 inch laceration which required stitches.
The shop welder was attempting to straighten a metal step on the car body of an excavator. He was using a large pry bar and a propane torch to try and straighten the bent area. As he was applying pressure to the bar it rolled causing him to fall to the ground, when he fell the pry bar he was working with struck his gloved hand against the floor.
employee was assembling a new ladder. during the line up process, he was using a pry bar and a line up bar. another employee was assisting in the process and was using a hammer. when the ladder was struck, the line up bar was jarred loose causing the ladder shift. the end of the employees fingers were cut in the process.
Employee was walking to service truck when another employee unloaded and laid a long pry bar on his shoulder. The end of the pry bar struck the employee walking up from behind in the lower lip causing a laceration that required a doctor to close with glue.
An employee was assisting another employee in removing a flange bolt. The wrench slipped on the bolt head causing it to contact the employee's left thumb tip. He received a laceration and fracture to the tip. Sutures were needed to close the wound and a splint was applied. The employee returned to full duty on his next shift.
Employee receives wound on gloved left ring finger while pounding dozer tracks in place. Emergency personnel treated the wound and released the patient. Employee's wound became discolored over time and sought medical care. A metal sliver was removed and two sutures closed the incision.
Employee was cutting belting with a utility knife. He was cutting towards himself when the knife slipped and left a 1/2" laceration in his right thumb requiring 3 stitches.
The employee was loosening a bolt using a hammer wrench when the wrench slipped and caught his left ring finger between the wrench and the motor casing. The wound required stiches.
The employee was using a wrench to loosen an injector hold down clamp on the engine of a 637E scraper engine. The clamp broke loose and the employee struck his tooth on the air cleaner mounting bracket breaking a tooth.
AN EE WAS USING A POCKET KNIFE TO CUT A TIE WRAP FROM A HYDRAULIC HOSE WHICH AHD BEEN COILED FOR SHIPPING. THE EE WAS USING THE RIGHT HAND TO HOLD THE KNIFE AND THE LEFT HAND WAS HOLDING ONTO THE HYDRAULIC HOSE. IN CUTTING THE TIEWRAP, THE EE CUT BACK TOWARDS TO LEFT HAND RESULTING IN A LACERATION TO THE LEFT INDEX FINGER. FIVE STITCHES WERE REQUIRED TO CLOSE THE LACERATION.
HE TORQUING DRUM BOLTS, SOCKET BECAME STUCK, WHEN REMOVE, IT SMASHED FINGER AGAINST WALL OF DRUM.
EE WAS PULLING CABLES IN A STEEL CABLE BELT WITH A HOOK KNIVE. THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND CAT OTHER IN THE RIGHT HAND.