EE WAS PULLING PLASTIC TIES FROM TOP OF BYPSUM CLOTHS. HE WAS REACHING OVER THE TOP OF PLATE WHILE PULLING ON TIES WITH PLIERS. WHEN THE TIE BROKE MOMENTUM OF PULLING, PLIERS S TURCK EE ON LEFT SIDE OF HIS FACE.
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Showing all 3THE EMPLOYEE WAS INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN HOPPER CAR. HE ATTEMPTED TO USE A STEEL BAR TO BREAK LOOSE SOME MATERIAL. AS HE HIT THE HOPPER CAR WITH THE END OF THE BAR, THE BAR WENT OUT OF CONTROL AND SMASHED HIS LITTLE FINGER OF THE LEFT HAND AGAINST THE HOPPER CAR.
THE OPENING AT 6OTTOM OF FEED HOOPPER WAS STOPPED UP WITH LARGE CLODS OF BENTONITE I NAME HAD PIPICK AND ATTEMPTED TO BUST THE CLODS LOOSE HE AMADE A MISS SWING WITH THE PICK AND THE BACK OF HIS HAND HIT TH9 SIDE OF THE FRAME OF THE FEED HOPPER