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A P.M. Technician was using a pressure washer and stepped backward, tripping over a shovel handle. As a result, the P.M. Technician fell and hit head on the handrail causing a laceration requiring sutures.
While wrapping hoist drum with cable, the tugger cable failed and the backlash struck employee who was operating the tugger on the right thumb causing immediate swelling. Ice was administered immediately. Employee was transferred by site safety to ER as a precautionary measure.
Employee was installing right rear outside tire on Articulating Tractor while using a 5 Spline Air Impact to tighten the bolts. While using the impact to tighten the bolts, the impact socket broke causing the impact to hit employee in the left upper chest area. The broken impact socket caused a small laceration on the employees chest requiring 4 stitches.