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EE was moving a roll of flashing material & dropped the roll on a pallet of screen rails, causing a screen rail to whip up & hit EE in the left side of face.
Poor work practice, ee removing a maintenance platform by himself, stated he should have gotten a helper. Platform board slipped & pinched his hand (left) on a metal support bar, 2 small skin tears & a contusion to back of left hand, ice packs applied, wound cleaned, checked by medical staff at clinic, returned to work. EE involved post accident evaluation, tox screen negative.
Was unhooking a pull-behind compressor, one of the wheels was on a rock, when the compressor was unhooked, it spun around & smashed left index finger against the frame.