The employee was repairing the equipment when he was trying to loose the industrial screw (thirty pound screw) he was distracted and the screw slipped on his finger and hurt him.
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Gravero H. P. · Struck by falling object
June 6, 2008
- · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
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Gravero H. P. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
The EE was soldering a piece of metal and he pinched himself with the metal. While holding the metal piece, it slipped and pinched the index finger of the left hand. The finger was fractured and required stitches.
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