Laborer was hooking up lift cable to lift a crusher head to a loader bucket tooth and pinched EE's right thumb between the cable and tooth. This cut EE's finger and ripped off EE's thumb nail. Hospital took X-Rays and pulled the nail and glue up the cut.
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GETTING A PIECE OF STEEL TO CUT UP WHEN A PIECE (250 LBS) FELL OFF OF LOWER SHELF INJURING TOP OF LEFT FOOT.
WORKING WITH HP400 BLOCKING WHEN SPLINTER FROM WOOD ENTERED RIGHT HAND.
ROLLING OUT BELT RUBBER (WHILE IN WET BIN) BELT WAS ROLLED IN. EE PU LEFT HAND UP TO BLOCK AND CAUGHT HIS LEFT THUMB, BENT IT BACK.