Employee was changing teeth on an excavator bucket. Employee struck employee's hand with a hammer.
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Showing all 3Employee was removing a drive chain from a gearbox with a pry bar. The pry bar slipped, smashing left index finger between the pry bar and gearbox. Employee's left index finger was fractured.
Employee was removing the motor connection cover. He had a box knife on top of the connection cover. When he broke loose the cover he cut his left hand with the box knife.