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Employee smashed his middle finger between a crowbar and manlift handrail as he was trying to dislodge a large rock from a head pulley. The head pulley was locked out.
A shop mechanic used a razor pocket knife to cut a rubber hose from a coupling. He placed the knife on the ground beside him and pulled on the hose. When the hose came loose, his hand whipped to the side and struck the blade that was on the ground.
Employee was striking a steel bearing case with a sledge hammer and when a piece of metal seperated from the case and struck injured in right arm.