Worker was spraying belt dressing on #67 belt. During the process of this operation the worker dropped the spray can. As a reflex he reached for the can as it was falling and pinched his right pinky finger between the belt and roller causing an injury to the pinky finger that required a skin graft to repair.
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September 5, 2006
PA · Metal/Non-Metal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Binkley & Ober Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Binkley & Ober Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS SPRAYING CONVEYER BELT WHEN SPILAGEON CATWALK SHIFTED UNDER HIS FOOT CAUSING HIM TO GET TOO CLOSE TO HEADWHEEL, LEFT INDEX FINGER GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN HEADWHEEL AND CONVEYER BELT, E E PULLED HIS FINGER.
October 22, 2001
PA · Metal/Non-Metal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Binkley & Ober Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances
CHECKING ANTIFREEZE IN THE ENGINE OF A FRONT ENDLOADER WHILE ENGINE WAS HOT, IT BOILED OVER AND BURNED LT. FOREARM (2ND DEGREE BURN).
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