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INJ CUTTING PLASTIC PIPE TO BE USED ON WATER PUMP.HE PLACED PIPE ON HIS LEG TO STEADY IT THE KNIFE SLIPPED CUTTING HIS LEG.
INJURED WAS REPLACING A BROKEN ROPE IN A RED DEVIL. HE WAS USING CHISEL TO REMOVE THE RIVITS WHEN A PIECE OF THE CHISEL BROKE OFF HITTING HIM IN THE LOWER ABDOMEN GOING UNDER THE SKIN.
INJURED WAS REMOVING A WORN OUT PUMP EMPELLER WITH A SCREWDRIVER AS THE EMPELLER WAS FREED FROM ITS POSITION IT BEGAN TO TURN ON THE SCREWDRIVER INJURED LOST CONTROL OF IT & IT ROLLED ACROSS H IS LEFT FOREARM CUTTING IT.
INJURED WAS INSTALLING A BOOM LIFT CYLINDER ON A 14CM MINER HE HAD HIS FOOT ON TOP OF THE JACK WITH HIS FINGERS IN THE SLOT WHERE THE JACK WAS TO FIT THE JACK SLIPPED FROM UNDER HIS FOOT AND C AUGHT HIS LITTLE FINGER BETWEEN THE TOP OF THE JACK CYLINDER AND THE JACK ANCHOR LACERATING HIS RIGHT LITTLE FINGER