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The employee was cutting belting with a utility knife and cut leg. The knife slipped and cut leg.
The employee was injured when an implement tool dropped onto his Right foot. There were several employees in the process of changing the implement tool when this happened.
Walking up steps to access fuel pump, missed footing on step and sprained left knee. Started physical therapy on 04/04/2011.
Operating loader, seat suspension failed causing seat to tilt and bottom out. Operator strained back and neck.
The employee was replacing screens on a crusher plant. As he tightened a bolt with an impact wrench he got his finger on the end of the bolt. As ee spun the bolt with the impact wrench, the head caused a laceration to the end of his finger.
Supervisor of crusher crew suffered a laceration to his left hand while unloading a conveyor belt from the back of a pick up truck. The laceration required 30 stitches to his hand.
A piece of electrical switch gear broke off and arced between B & C phases inside switch gear. This caused an arc flash which resulted in a first degree burn to the operators face and neck on the right side.
A rock was stuck between a conveyor pulley and the frame of the conveyor, as the employee removed the rock, the rock slipped and smashed left fifth finger.
while replacing cutting edge on a 988 cat loader operator pushed bolt into place with his hand rattle gun spun the bolt cutting through glove and lacerating his hand.
IMPROPER USE OF COME-A-LONG. EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO PULL A BAR DOWN ON A GRIZZLEY. THE HOOK ON THE COME-A-LONG WAS NOT PROPERLY SECURED AND THE HOOK SLIPPED OFF THE BAR STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE 'S HAND.