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Welder was sectioning out a piece of steel from truck bed. On final cut, the metal sprung up on the opposite corner striking welders hand. This resulted in 2 broken bones in the hand.
Rubber tire Operator was pushing material off Dump 1 in the west pit. The Operators hand came off the joystick controller and struck the console resulting in a fracture to the right hand 5th metacarpal bone.
Haul truck operator getting loaded by the shovel, shovel had an electrical fault. The shovel bucket came in contact with the canopy of the truck causing the truck operator's face to contact the driver's side door glass resulting in a bloody nose, neck/back strain. Was diagnosed with a Cervical strain. The first scheduled shift missed was 11/26/2021.
Mechanic had cut a piece of all-thread. While cleaning off the excess thread with the wire wheel, the wire wheel caught the piece and smashed EE's left index finger between the piece of all-thread and guard resulting in a laceration to the tip of the finger. Sutures were required to close the wound. Mechanic received a work as tolerated release and returned to work.