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Employee was reaching into a partially opened tin of welding rods and the lid cut their arm above the wrist. Being in a hurry and not completely removing the tin lid caused the accident. Employee received 7 stitches to close the wound.
An employee was operating a Dingo MT-100 to clean out underneath a conveyor structure. While backing out from under the structure, the employee's left elbow struck the x-frame of the structure, resulting in a fracture of employee's wrist.
Two Employees were working on a small receiving hopper attached to a conveyor. When the employees loosened the bolts to rotate the hopper, the hopper fell to ground, striking one of the employees in the shoulder.
While working on a conveyor, the employee was adjusting the backsplash to center load the conveyor. While the employee was adjusting the backplate, the employee's grip loosened causing the plate to slip from a controlled grip and landed on the tips of two fingers, pinched between angle iron of the backplate and frame of conveyor.
A miner was servicing a floating pump. While working, the pump capsized, trapping the miner underwater.
On 1/29/22, an employee was pulling apart piping in the dry plant. Sand landed/hit the employee's face while using an impact drill to remove bolts from a flange.