EE HAD STEPPED ONTO BUMPER WITH R FOOT & WAS HOLDING ONTO TAILGATE WITH R HAND AFTER RETREIVING 24" (4-5#) SLIPJOINT CRESCENT WRENCH FROM TOOL BOX EE STARTED TO STEP TO GROUND WITH L FOOT. HIS R FOOT SLIPPED, AND HE GRABBED FOR TAILGATE WITHL HAND THAT WAS STILL HOLDING WRENCH. IT STRUCK THUMB & MIDDLE FINGER ACROSS DISTAL JOINTS
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Showing all 3EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING HARD HAT WHILE RECENTERING TRACK OF KOMATSU FC 220 ROCKBREAKER BACK ONTO FRONT IDLER. HE HAD ATTACHED A CHAIN TO END OF BOOM RUNNING TO TRACK, TO PROVIDE FORWARD PULL & CREATE SLACK. HE WAS OPERATING A JACK ON DOWN SIDE OF TRACK TO GET IT INTO PLACE, WHEN CHAIN DETACHED FROM TRACK, KNOCKING OFF HARD HAD AND STRIKING SCALP.
EE WAS CHANGING TIRE THUMB ATTACHMENT ON JD 790 EXC. HE WAS HAMMERING THE PIN THROUGH THAT WOULDSECURE IT IN PLACE. THE TWO PARTS WERE NOT COMPLETELY ALIGNED AND THE IMPACT WITH THE BACK END O F THE AX HEAD RESULTED IN STRESS TO THE MUSCLES OF THE ABDOMEN.