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Employee was trimming saplings off the river bank and while in the process of setting the chain saw down the chain saw struck the inside of left leg under knee resulting in laceration requiring 16 stitches.
Employee was rolling up a grease hose and in the process the grease gun struck the corner of the bed on the grease truck causing the trigger on the grease gun to depress injecting grease into the left index finger of the employee. This resulted in surgical removal of the grease.
3 employees were performing welding activities at the same time and in the process one employee was exposed to an arc flash from another welder resulting in temporary pain in the eyes. Employee sought medical attention at an eye doctor and was given one day off of work.