INJURED MAN WAS HELPING THE OPERATOR TIGHTEN THE BOLTS ON THE WALKING SHOE WHEN THE BOLT THAT HE WAS HOLDING SUDDENLY TURNED CAUSING HIS FINGER TO BE PINCHED BETWEEN THE WRENCH HANDLE AND A CO RNER THE DOCTOR LATER REMOVED THE TIP OF THE FINGER
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C H Snyder Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
October 18, 1983
PA · Coal
coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
C H Snyder Company · Struck against stationary object
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO TIGHTEN A BOLT ON THE BUCKET OF THE GRADALL LOADING SHOVEL WHEN THE SOCKET WRENCH HE WAS USING TO TIGHTEN THE BOLT SLIPPED AND THE EMPLOYEE STRUCK HIS HAND AGAINST LOADING BUCKET CAUSING INJURY TO HIS MIDDLE FINGER OF RIGHT HAND
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