Employee was swinging a sledge hammer to try and break a gear box off of a shaft.
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Showing all 4Contractor was using utility knife to cut insulation off a wire, contractor was wearing leather gloves. The knife slipped and cut left index finger.
Employee was changing belts on cooler blower #3 when the screw driver that EE was using slipped off sheave causing EE's finger to get pinched between belt and sheave.
Employee was driving a chisel into a belt pulley to remove said pulley from an air compressor head. Employee swung at and missed end of chisel striking left hand.