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WORKING ON PUMP, INTAKE HOSE AND CLAMP, EE WAS CUTTING INTO CLAMP TO FIND THE AIR LEAKE. WHILE CUTTING HIS SHUT SLEAVE BECAME TANGLED IN BLADE WHICH PULLED HIS HAND INTO SAW.
EMP WAS REMOVIN1 A PIECE OF 1/2 IN PLATE THAT HAD BEN WELDED TO AN H BEAM AFTER FLAME CUTTING THE WELD HE WAS USING A CHISEL AND 1 LB HAMMER TO REMOVE PLATE WHICH WAS STILL HOLDING WITH MELTED METAL ON ONE SI8E. PUT CHISEL IN LOOSENED SIDE AND WAS DRIVING CHISEL TOWARD STUCK SIDE- WAS NOT HOLDING CHISEL USING FRICTION OF PLATE TO HOLD IT. CHISEL SLIPPED AND HAMMER STUCK KNEE CAP