Employee was helping to install a chute on a 6x20 screening plant. He was using a prybar to help align the chute when the chute shifted and his right ring finger got caught between the chute and the screening plant. His finger was fractured. He saw a doctor on 5/23/12 and was released to full duty. Following his doctor's appointment he went on his scheduled vacation.
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