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Employee was cleaning out stone crusher before we started the plant. Employee was scraping compacted sand from the walls inside machine. They lost footing and their leg slipped between two metal pipes on the machine. Leg was bruised on either side where it was wedged against the metal. Sent them for x-ray to be safe, no damage found, leg was sore for a few days.
Worker was loading material on trailer, tripped and fell to the ground. EE was ok, finished the day and the next day. After the weekend EE was still sore so we sent EE for X-rays which showed no break. EE took the rest of the week off, saw the doctor again 5 days later and returned to work.
Miner was sorting stone laid on a scrap pile in order to put it on a pallet. He stepped on a smooth stone and slipped. He fell on his side and cut his hip. The cut was not very big but looked deep so he got two stitches just above his hip.