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Reported a sore wrist from using a shovel and felt a pinch in EE's wrist. EE states EE was using a shovel in a pile of aggregate to put into a 5 gallon bucket to test. EE is a quality control tech.
low light, cold weather, and thick work gloves were contributing factors in the employee smashing the tip of left hand pinky finger between a hammer and steel. The finger tip was swollen and employee was told to not use that finger for the next two weeks by the doctor.
Was swinging a hammer to hit nut to break it off and piece of metal bounced and hit employee in the face causing a laceration to the upper lip
Employee was visually inspecting a broken grease line in a man basket (was wearing proper fall protection) on the head wheel of C-7 and failed to follow Lock/Out/Tag/Out procedures. Employee placed hand too close to the sheave & it pulled employee's glove/hand into sheave & employee received stitches on right thumb, right middle finger & partial amputation of right ring finger
Employee was working/welding in tight area on tunnel feeder, stepped back and hit lower part of their head on an I-beam.
Employee was exiting and climbing down the front end loader, missed bottom step and fell.
Employee reached hand next to sharp steel edge. Inadvertently brushed back of hand on edge.