Was taking guard off of screen plant and had to reach behind it to take a bolt off. When removing bolt, the front of the screen came loose and the back end swung and pinched finger between screen and frame, lacerating left pointer finger to the bone.
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September 3, 2014
OK · Metal/Non-Metal
crusher attendant/operator, pan feeder operator/worker
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Burbank Materials LLP · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
December 8, 2009
OK · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
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Burbank Materials LLP · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Injured employee was replacing a bearing on plant when he accidentally smashed the outside of his right hand. Mine supervisor took him to the local hospital to be checked out. The hospital wrapped his hand with an ace bandage and the employee returned to work.
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