HIT RT WRIST ON TAILGATE OF DUMP TRUCK WHEN HE WAS CLOSING IT
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Showing all 3AUGUST 1987, I,NAME WAS PICKING UP A TOOL BOX AND PUTTING IT IN A PICK UP TRUCK WITH HIS RIGHT ARM. I,NAME SAID HE FELT SOMETHING SNAP.
THE INJURED WAS3UNDERNEATH A DUMP TRUCK WORKING ON DRIVE LINE WITH A HAMMER. HE DROPPED HAMMER, JERKED HEAD TO AVOID BEING HIT BY HAMMER. WHEN HE JERKED HIS HEAD, HE HIT HEAD ON TRUCK FRAME CA USING A CUT THA7 REQUIRED FIVE STITCHES.