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THEY WERE BLOCKING C.BLOCK UP SO THEY COULD WELD ON IT. HIS FINGER GOT BETWEEN THE BLOCK & THE STEEL, CUTTING THE END OF HIS RIGHT HAND MIDDLE FINGER. IT IS ALSO BROKEN. IT WAS CLOUDY & FAIRLY DRY.
WHILE TRIMMING A WIPER BELT ON THE COAL SCREENER#840 THE UTILITY KNIFE HE WAS USING SLIPPED CUTTING RIGHT HAND BETWEEN THUMB AND FIRST FINGER. GOT 3 SUTURES.
EE WAS HELPING THE MECHANIC TO REPLACE A PIN ON THE HARD DRIVE FOR A D11N BULLDOZER-MACHINE #573. EE WAS HOLDING A HAND TOOL CALL A B + O WHILE COWORKER WAS HITTING IT WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER INO RDER TO DRIVE THE PIN OUT. WHILE COWORKER WAS MIDWAY THRU A SWING A PIECE OF MUD FELL HITTING HIS SLEDGEHAMMER THUS DEFLECTING HIS SWING WHICH HIT EE IN THE LEFT HAND, MIDDLE FINGER. 5 STITCH