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EE. WAS BREAKING SOME BOLTS ON A SPOOT USING A HAMMER.; THE HANDKEL BROKE AND THE HEAD FOR THE HAMMER STRUCK EE LEFT PINCKY FINGER.
EE WAS WELDING A BEAM. WHEN EE FINISHED ANOTHER EE WANTED TO PAINT THE BEAM. EE ATTACHED THE CHAINS FOR A CRANE AND INSTRUCTED THE OTHER EE TO LIFT THE BEAM. WHILE EE WAS LIFTING THE BEAM THE BEAM SLIDE AND CUT EE LEFT INDEX FINGER.
EE WAS RE-OPENING A VALVE. EE WAS USING A HAMMER TO BEAT THE VALVE. THE HAMMER SLIPPED AND STRUCK EE. LEFT THUMB.
WHILE CLOSING A FEED VALVE FROM 1-7-37 TO 1-7-29 ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS BEATING A HANDLE WITH ANOTEHR HANDLE. AFTER THE EMPLOYEE KNOCKED THE HANDLE THE HANDLE KNOCKED UP AND EMPLOYEE RIGHT HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE VALVE AND THE HANDLE.
WHILE WORKING UNIT 7 CLOSING A SCALE BASKET (VALVE) USING A KNOCK ABOUT HANDLE TO LOOSEN THE HANDLE ON THE SCALE BASKET, THE HANDLE SLIPPED AND HIT EMLOYEE ON THE LEFT THUMB.
WHILE WORKING UNIT 8 TAKING OF A VALUE, EE REACHED THE LAST BOLT THE NUT WAS TURNING THE WRONG SAY. EE TOOK A HAMMER AND KNOCKED THE VALVE. WHEN EE HIT THE VALVE THE PRESSURE BLEW THE CAUSTIC OUT OF THE VALUE.
WHILE WORKING IN AREA 3 ATTEMPTING TO HIT A BULL PIN WITH A HAMMER, THE HAMMER SLIPPED AND HIT HIS LEFT THUMB.
WHEN EE WAS CHECKING CLOGGED LINE WITH HAND ON PIPE, ANOTHER EE STRUCK THE LINE TO UNCLOG IT. HE ACCIDENTALLY STRUCK THE EE R THUMB WITH 2 LB SLEDGE HAMMER. THIS HAPPENED TOP FLOOR UNIT 7.