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Employee was climbing into a rock truck when they felt something pop in lower left leg and had severe pain.
The associate was climbing up the ladder of a Komatsu WA 500 and slipped of the ladder thus falling 4 - 5 feet. EE landed on EE's right elbow. The elbow suffered abrasions and a contusion.
Employee was walking and checking drill holes and accidentally stepped into a drill hole. This caused their foot to collapse despite wearing steel toed boots. This resulted in a fracture in their foot.
The employee had a knife in one hand with a piece of conveyor belt in the other . While making a vertical cut, the razor blade detached from the knife handle and cut EE's hand.
Employee was kicking rocks off the undercarriage of a conveyor belt when EE felt pain on the back of EE's lower left leg.
Employee was helping Maintenance Dept. perform electrical grounding checks. EE was descending a permanently affixed ladder. EE pinched left index and middle fingers in the ladder. EE had to get a total of 10 stitches in the left index and middle fingers and fractured the very end of the middle finger.
There was apparently a flammable gas in a plastic pipe that ignited while the employee was close to it. It caused debris to fly onto the left side of EE's face and left eye.
While operating an excavator, A rock fell off the truck being loaded and struck the employee's lower right arm. This resulted in the employee having 2 stitches.
The associate was taking a hydraulic cylinder off of a crane on a lift boom and slipped off the front of crane. EE struck right wrist and caused a laceration on their right eye brow.
The Employee was changing a battery in a Caterpillar 992. EE had an associate holding the battery cover up and also had a prop under the battery cover. The associate let go of the cover to grab a wrench and the wind blew causing the battery cover to fall and strike right hand.
The employee was pulling a hose when they felt a pain in the left shoulder.