Driver was pulling on a binder with EE's right hand, securing a machine EE had just loaded and felt a pop in EE's wrist followed with some pain. Driver called dispatcher and explained incident. 3/25/2025 the driver said it was bothering EE with the same amount of pain and wanted to report it. Employee placed on restrictions 4/1; RTW 4/4
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EE stated they lost balance on workboat causing them to try and catch themselves. When their hand was placed on the deck, it apparently was underneath the mooring rope and the workboat deck potentially causing the rope to crush EE's right hand. *EE's middle finger was removed during surgery.