Employee was cutting the metal cage on a tote when he cut into a piece that was broken, and cut his arm on the cage.
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Showing all 3Employee was assisting another employee with an automatic dumping refuse dumpster. It triggered unexpectedly, recoiled, and crushed his left index finger.
Injured person was using a 60lb jackhammer pounding T post in for construction fence, the ground was extra hard and jack hammer Tee post bit broke, pieces of bit still in hammer hit his right forearm causing a laceration requiring 19 stitches.