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WHEN REMOVING TOP SECTION OUT OF AIR CLASSIFIER TO LOWER TO PLANT FLOOR FOR REAPIR-WHEN CHAIN SUPPORTING "COME-ALONG" HOIST (ATTACHED TO TOP SECTION) & CHAIN ALSO ATTACHED TO METAL ROOF BEAMS SNAPPED CAUSING TOP SECTION OF CLASSIFIER TO FALL AGAINST INJURED'S LEFT ARM (FOREARM) WHO WAS ASISTING IN LOWER IN TOP SECTION.

EE WAS INSTALLING HAMMER IN A HAMMER MILL. WHILE DRIVING A PIN WITH A HAMMER THE HAMMER SLIPPED HITTING HIS LEFT THUMB. WAS TAKEN TO HOSPTIAL FOR TREATMENT HE HAD A SMALL FRACTURE AND HAD 2 ST ITCHES IN HIS THUMB.

HE WAS WORKING ONT HE SLEDGE HAMMER AND HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. HE DIDN'T TELL HIS FOREMAN OR ANYONE THA THE WAS HURT UNTIL MONDAY THE 27TH OF NOVER, 1989. HE WENT TO THE DOC TOR ON 11-27-89, BUT THE DR. SAID HE HAD TO GET CONFIRMATION THAT HE HAD WORKMEN'S COMP. INSURANCE. HE HAS THREE MINOR CHILDREN ADN THERE WAS NO CARELESSNESSES INVOLVED.

I.NAME WAS RUNNING THE TUBE MILLS. THIS JOB RUQUIRES POUNDING ON T HE FEED & DISCHARGE PIPES. WHEN HE HIT THE PIPES WITH ANOTHER PIP (1X3) HIS FINGER WAS NOT OUT OF THE WAY AND WAS STRUCK B ETWEEN VIBERATIR AND THE 1X3 PIPE.