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Employee was on knees cutting collapsible pipe with a utility knife. The knife slipped and cut the employee on the right thigh, about 1" long, requiring glue to close.
While walking alongside a berm in a field, employee slipped and fell. While reaching out to break her fall, her hand landed on a sharp edged rock, lacerating the pad of her palm, requiring stitches to close.
An employee sustained a laceration to his right forearm while cutting the top off of an oil can so that it could be drained.
EE WAS HOLDING A WRENCH ON A BOLT ON ONE SIDE OF A FLOAT BRACKET, OTHER EE WAS HOLDING A WRENCH ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BRACKET. OTHER EE PULLED TO TRY TO LOOSEN THE BOLT, WHEN IT PULLED HIS WRENCH AROUND, PINCHING HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN THE WRENCH AND THE BRACKET.
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING SYMONS FORMS WHEN ONE SLID INTO ANOTHER SMASHING HIS RIGHT RING FINGER IN BETWEEN.
AREA IS VERY ROCKY. EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON PLYWOOD TO HOLD IT DOWN WHILE HE REMOVED NAILS FROM IT. THE PLYWOOD SLIPPED AND EMPLOYEE FELL TO THE GROUND. EE DID NOT FEEL IT NECESSARY TO GO TO THE DOCTOR WHEN THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED AND DID NOT REQUEST TO GO UNTIL 1/2/02.
ON 2-1-00, A FALL OF GROUND DRIFT. THE FALL HAD CAUSED THE LEAD STEEL SET TO COME DOWN FROM THE SIDE PRESSURE OF THE RIB FALLING ON SET, WHICH IN TURN CAUSED IT TO COME DOWN. THE TOTAL TONNAGE OF THE RIB FALL/ROOF FALL IS APPROX. 50 TO 100 TONS. THE DRIFT IS PART OF THE PRIMARY EXHAUST OUT OF THE BOREHOLE. THE FALL WAS DISCOVERED BY MCO, ID F3M. THE LAST VISUAL INSPECTION WAS DONE