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Two employees were cutting open a tote from each side so they could empty the product out of it. They were cutting towards each other without realizing it. As the one pulled the knife out of the tote it nicked the top of the other's left hand. IE received 3 stitches. IE was able to return to work immediately and has no work restrictions from the Dr.

Employee was cleaning a glass cup that chipped at the top of the glass. EE received a cut on the thumb that required three stitches.

Employee was taking a break when EE went to stand up and put pressure on EE's leg had a bad pain in EE's knee that also hurt when EE tried to straighten EE's knee. EE had no other accidents or problems prior to getting out of EE's chair. Was told not to put weight on EE's leg until received a MRI to see what was the problem. Today was told EE has a torn meniscus.

While changing the drill bit on a magnetic drill press, the spindle of the drill press dropped suddenly pushing the drill bit through the pad of the miner's ring finger on right hand puncturing it. Three stitches from a doctor in the local clinic were used to close the wound.

While splitting firewood using a wedge and sledge hammer, a piece of the wedge broke off and struck the miner in the leg. Later, it was found that a piece of the wedge had penetrated the skin of the miner's leg. The metal piece was removed by a doctor in the doctor's clinic.

While pushing crushed rock with a bar in a plugged chute the victim struck right hand against a metal brace causing it to bruise. The victim thought the hand was broken so was transported to a nearby doctor for examination. The doctor had an x-ray done. After examining the x-ray the doctor determined that the injury was not a broken bone but just a bruise.