Employee twisted his body while lifting a stone causing a rib fracture.
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Showing all 4Miner was hand loading building stone when his L thumb was caught between 2 stones when another miner inadvertinly dropped a stone. The finger was lacerated, requiring sutures, and is fractured, requiring splinting.
Miner was hand-loading building stone, when his left thumb was pinched between 2 stones. His thumb is bruised and has a slight fracture. The Dr. splinted the thumb and instructed him not to use his left hand for one week.
I WAS HAND LOADING DIMENSION INTO THE BUCKET OF A FRON END LOADER WHEN HE CAUGHT HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN TWO STONES, LACERATING IT.