Two employees took the initiative to remove a rock hammer on a 360 excavator and to install a rock bucket, one of the employees was pushing out the pin and it went to far out falling on his right hand causing a pinch point. He tried to hold it but since it was to heavy it pinched his right hand finger.
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May 23, 2013
TX · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
TBK MATERIALS LLC · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
January 20, 2011
TX · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
TBK MATERIALS LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EE was working to clear jam in jaw crusher while crusher was running by throwing small rocks into jaw crusher to disolve hung rock.EE reached in and grabbed a rock that hadn't landed the way he wanted and his finger was pinched between the rock and the wall of the crusher.
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