03/13/26, at 8:00 PM, EE was unclogging bin #3 when a salt rock moved into the chute. Causing the employee's hand and bar to move downward. The employee's left hand struck the side railing of the chute on bin #3, impacting the lower left side of EE's left ring finger. On 03/16/26 a X-ray report indicated a closed displaced fracture of distal phalanx of left ring finger.
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