Employee was unloading metal screens from supplier's truck. He had his fingers through the openings in the screen when the supplier's employee let go of the screens. The screens slid down the truck pinching his finger and bending it sideways.
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A FROZEN CHUNK OF GRAVEL FELL FROM TOP OF TRAP THE FROZEN CHUNK HIT EE IN BACK OF HEAD, KNOCKING HIM UNCONSCIOUS. THE FROZEN CHUNK FELL APPROX15 FT EE RECOVERED CONSCIOUNESS QUICLY REFUSED IMMEDIATE MED ATTENTION BUT DID GO HOM WHERE HE LATER DECIDED TO SEEK MED ATTENTION SLIGHT CONCUSSION