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Employee stated they had a cut on left hand & thigh (doesn't know how they got there) and when cleaning the hopper on the sweeper with the non-potable water, water got into both cuts. Employee indicated that the non-potable water caused an infection.
The employee is an office employee, not a miner. EE was moving a small concrete statue that was dropped off by a customer for recycling in the parking lot area. The employee walked up to the area in the parking lot to place the statue and as EE walked away, EE's foot slid and EE rolled EE's left ankle.
Employee was trying to loosen a 3-inch coupler. They pulled the pipe wrench and put their whole body into it. As they pulled down and it started to loosen, they felt a muscle pull on the right side of lower back.
The employee was conducting plant maintenance. The employee was pushing on lever to operate a gate door on screen 1. Lever would not move the gate due to debris around the gate. The employee pushed harder on the lever to get the gate to move. The employee felt a sharp pain in the lower back at the time the gate finally moved into the desired position.
Employee was cutting a conveyor belt on the ground. Employee knelt down onto a nail that was still in the mat that was used to secure the conveyor belt while in its rolled up position. Employee sustained a puncture wound to EE's left knee.