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Employee was using an angle grinder kneeling on the ground grinding a piece of steel. the grinder had guard in place and a handle. when finished they went to get up with the grinder in right hand the grinder still had some momentum and struck left hand index finger. They called the supervisor and went to urgent care and received 8 stiches. Employee was wearing C.R. gloves
Employee was using an air chisel to remove a broken bolt and a piece of shrapnel came out from the area of work and got lodged into the worker's left forearm about an inch deep. The air tool was inspected by a service company and it was determined that debris did not come out of the tool.
At lewisville Pit EE was using a grinder with a cut off disk to cut the head off of a bolt. The grinder dug in causing the grinder to spin in EE's hands. The cut off disc came into contact with EE's thumb causing a deep laceration. Another EE is taking EE to the clinic and will be updating as we know more. EE has been with the company for 6 years.