Using pry bar to push punch plate - plate slipped off bar hitting tip of finger.
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Showing all 3Superintendent was wrenching on an adjusting nut on the conveyor tail pulley. The wrench slipped causing his right hand to jam into the metal guard and lacerating the end of the middle finger. Xrays revealed a fracture in the end of the finger as well.
WAS TRYING TO SEPARATE ROCKS WITH A METAL BAR & SLIPPED & HIT THE LEFT SIDE OF THE FACE BELOW THE EYE. HAD TO HAVE STITCHES.