The employee was using a knife to check the up and down motion of a sheave at the #2 booster pump. EE was spinning it by hand. The sheave hit the knife and cut the employee's right pointer finger.
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January 18, 2018
FL · Metal/Non-Metal
belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Edgar Minerals, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
June 13, 2017
FL · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Edgar Minerals, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
An employee was tapping bolts into the 12" flange for the waste pump with the hammer in EE's right hand when the hammer slipped and EE hit left hand, fracturing EE's left middle finger.
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