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Miner was refueling a haul truck, using a ladder to access the fuel receptacle. While descending the ladder, the minor lost footing and missed a rung and landed on the right ankle causing a sprain.
EE was attempting to cut a zip tie with a razor knife. Knife was in right hand and EE was holding zip tie with left. The knife slipped and lacerated the EE's left palm.
Mechanic was using a pry bar to straighten a bearing on a dog bone on a CAT 777 when the pry bar slipped and the dog bone fell cutting EE's finger.
Barge loader was moving a piece of cable. Pulled back while pulling to move cable.
Employee was ascending an access ladder to the right-hand side of a 992K Cat loader to check engine fluid levels. Their left hand slipped on the wet hand hold on the ladder, they used their right arm to correct the fall. In the process they aggravated a previous non work shoulder injury.
Employee was in process of removing a speed reducer from the head pulley of a conveyor due to it failing. After removing the bolts from the moment coupling, the employees were unbolting the reducer from the mounting frame when it suddenly fell over crushing an employee's left foot and breaking their right arm, right thumb, and right finger.