Miner was lowering the bottom section of a folding ladder and pinched finger in the joint of the ladder as it came down cutting finger at the base of the fingernail on left hand.
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Showing all 2While performing a simons cone disassembly the injured party was guiding the cable used to pull the cone head around to unscrew the bowl assembly. He went readjust the position of the cable just as pressure was applied and 3 of the fingers on his right had became pinched between the cable and bowl assembly of the cone fracturing the tips of his fingers.