EE was getting a broken pin out of track link. The driving bar went through the track link pushing a broken pin out, while moving his left hand toward the link the bar moved and pinned his small finger against the track link. This sliced his finger open through the glove.
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Showing all 4EE was climbing on the excavator he was operating and his hand slipped off the handgrip and he fell on the track, catching himself with his right arm. He pulled muscles in his right shoulder.
Superintendent was replacing a grease cartridge in a grease gun. He pulled back on the plunger, and felt pain in his left elbow. The Doctor has diagnosed that the tri-cip tendon has pulled away from the elbow. He goes to a surgeon in the morning.
RAINY MUDDY CONDITIONS; OPERATOR'S FOOT SLIPPED OFF OF THE STEP ON THE PUSHARM OF THE D-10N CAUSING HIM TO LOSE HIS GRIP AND FALL. HE BROKE THE FIBULA IN TWO PLACES ABOVE HIS ANKLE.