Employee torqueing a bolt with a ratchet wrench. The wrench slipped off the bolt and smashed the right pinky finger tip causing a fracture to the tip.
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EE used a piece of pipe to beat on hopper, due to wet salt not coming out of hopper. EE smashed his left thumb between hopper and pipe.