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EE WAS CUTTING PLASTIC TUBING WITH A KNIFE. HE SLIPPED AND CUT HIMSELF. FOUR SUTURES TO CLOSE THE CUT ON THE BACK OF HIS LEFT THUMB WERE REQUIRED.
EE WAS CUTTING OPEN A CARBON BAG. THE KNIFE PULLED FREE AND HIS MOTION CONTINUED THRU TO HIS HAND. THE LEFT INDEX FINGER HAD AN INCISION WHICH REQUIRED 4 SUTURES.
USING A 3-TON COME-A-LONG TO REPOSTION A CARBON FILTER PRESS. HURT HIS BACK WHILE PULLING ON THE COME-A-LONG.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO INSTALL ROTARY HEAD ON DRILL, THEY WERE USING A COME-A-LONG TO TIGHTEN PULL DOWN CHAINS TO HOOK. CHAINS BROKE AND ROTARY HEAD FELL. PINNING EMPLOYEE'S HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS CHIPPING SLAG OFF JAW AT CRUSHER WHEN A PIECE FELL AND GOT INTO HIS EYE.
WHILE HAMMERING ONE HAMMER WITH ANOTHER HAMMER A PIECE OF METAL FLEW OFF AND PENETRATED LEFT GLVE AND HAND METAL PIECE PUNCTURED LEFT HAND BETWEEN THUMB AND 1 ST FINGER
WHILE VICTIM WAS CLEANING AND THE GRIZZLE CHUTE, HE STRUCK HIS LEFT HAND WITH A HAMMER. HE DISLOCATED HIS LEFT LITTLE FINGER.
WHILE INSTALLING 100 HP ELECTRIC MOTOR INJUREDS HAND BECAME WEDGED BETWEEN BLOCK AND HOOK INJURING LEFT MIDDLE FINGER
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING UP SPILL AT PUGMILL AS HE DUG DOWN INTO THE DIRT HIS SHOVEL HIT A ROCK AND THE HANDLE PUSHED HIS LEFT HAND AGAINST THE SIDE OF THE PUG MILL SMASHING HIS FINGER