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The employee was pulling on a strap that was wrapped around a cribbing block supporting the belly pan of a piece of equipment.
Employee was using a pry bar to pry out some rocks that got jammed up on the jaw crusher hopper, and when doing so a rock fell onto EE's hand and lacerated EE's left hand ring finger.
Employee caught hand in the wing pulley while prying a rock out that was entangled between the belt and the pulley. The belt moved backward when the rock was removed due to not having a backstop. The employees ring finger was partially amputated and the pinky finger reconstructed.
Employee was removing the bolt on a loader when the bolt made contact with the employees finger causing a laceration that required 9 stitches to close.