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WAS AT REED PIT TO WATCH A SAND WASH PLANT. EE WAS WALKING AROUND SAND PILES GETTING SAMPLES OF SAND WITH A TEST CYLINDER AND FILLING IT BY HAND. THE MUSCLES IN HIS LOWER BACK STARTED TIGHTENI NG UP AFTERWARDS.
EE WAS TRYING TO UNHOOK A CHAIN FROM THE ROLLS ROCK BOX. CHAIN WAS IN A BIND. HE LOWERED BOOM ON THE LOADER FOR SLACK. BOOM WAS RESTING ON THE BOX. HE JERKED THE CHAIN, THE BOOM SLIPPED OFF TH E BOX AND WHIPPED THE SLACK OUT OF THE CHAIN. HIHIS LEFT LITTLE FINGER WAS PINCHED BY THE CHAIN RESULTING IN A LACERATION OF THE TIP OF HIS LITTLE FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND. FINGER TIP REQUIRED