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WHILE HE WAS CHANGING OUT BATTERIES ON A SCOOP,HE ACCIDENTALLY CAUHGT HIS RIGHT RING FINGER BETWEEN THE BATTERY TRAY LID AND THE CHAIN HE WAS USING TO HOIST THE BATTERY TRAY OUT WITH.
I.NAME IS A BUI5DING CONTRACTOR (CARPENTER) & WAS IN PROCESS OF CONSTRUCTING AN OFFICE AT VIRGINIA CREWS PREP PLANT WHILE HE WAS USING A CIRCLE SAW TO CUT SOME PANELING HE SLIPPED & CUT TOP OF HIS WRIST 3
HE WAS USING A 6AR TO PRY UP A CATPAD ON A CONTINOUS MINER AND THE BAR SLIPPED STRIKING HIM ONTHE SHOULDER KNOCKING HIM AGAINST THE MINER
HE WAS USING A HAMMER TO LOCK GREASE JACK ON A 245 MINER.
THE JACK THAT HELD THE BELT CAME OUT & CAUSED THE TAILPIECE TO GO TO ONE SIDE & STRIKE THE MAN ON THE RT. LEG.