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EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING NUTS ON BIG BIRD GEAR BOX BY USING 15" CRESCENT WRENCH AND STRIKING THE SAME WITH A 12 LB HAMMER, WHEN EMPLOYEE STRUCK THE CRESCENT WRENCH THE HAMMER BOUNCED UP AND CAM E DOWN PINCHING HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN THE HAMMER HANDLE AND THE HANDLE OF THE CRESCENT WRENCH
MR PRUETT WAS HOLDING A BOLT IN PLACE WITH HIS LEFT HAND WHILE DRIVING A BOLT INTO CONCRETE WITH A 2# BALLPEEN HAMMER THE HAMMER SLIPPED OFF THE BOLT AND MASHED HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER
EMPLOYEES WERE NOT USING PROPER TOOLS FOR JOB BEING DONE ALSO SHOULD HAVE ANCHORED END OF ROPE TO A RAILING.