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Employee was making pallets of rock from a 3-5 foot pile when a rock ca,e tumbling down and hit their shin and calf resulting in a sprained leg.
EE was using a hammer and a chisel to drive keyway out of wearplate and struck finger between plate and chisel, when the chisel slipped, causing a deep lacertion to left index finger requiring four stitches.
Employee was on the walkway of the screen deck and slipped on oil that had leaked from a hose, twisting his left knee in the process. He was told by his dr., that it was a bad sprain & should heal within a few wks. After 3 wks, it was apparent that it was not healing and a follow up visit determined that the injury was a torn panaeta tendon.