INJURED AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE REINSTALLING A MOTOR ONT HE CRUSHER AND ATTEMPTING TO TIGHTEN THE BOLTS THAT HOLD IT DOWN. THEY WERE USING A WRENCH WITH A PIPE ATTACHED TO TIGHTEN THE BOLTS . BOTH WERE PUSHING WHEN IT BROKE LOOSE AND HIS FINGER GOT CAUGHT IN BETWEEN THE CORNER OF A CEMENT PILLAR AND THE PIPE.
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March 20, 1991
PA · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
E J Breneman Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
August 29, 1990
PA · Metal/Non-Metal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
E J Breneman Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
TRYING TO STRAIGHTEN OUT TOOTH BY HITTING IT WITH HAMMER METAL TIP BROKE WENT IN L FOREARM
June 30, 1990
PA · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
E J Breneman Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
CUT FINGER ON FILTER
June 22, 1990
PA · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
E J Breneman Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
I.NAME WAS PUTTING A TRACK BACK ON THE P & H. HE PUT A BAR INTO THE TRACK TO MOVE IT BACK INTO PLACE. WHILE THE TRACK WAS MOVING THE BAR GOT STUCK. WHEN I.NAME TRIED TO REMOVE IT, HIS FINGER G OT PINCHED BETWEEN THE BAR AND THE TRACK.
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