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EMPLOYEE WAS USING A SLEDGE TRYING TO FIT 3.5" X 16" BOLT IN A HOIST DRUM ON 7/800 MARION DRAGLINE. HE FELT A PAIN IN LEFT ARM. DID NOT MISS ANY WORK UNTIL DOCTOR VISIT IN SEPT. UNDERWENT SURG ERY ON 9/7/93 FOR SLIPPED DISC IN UPPER SPINE VERTEBRAE.
WHILE PUSHING A3KEY ON THE 7800 DRAGLINE WITH A PORTA-POWER A 4 IN X 4 IN PIPE OF STEEL KICKED OUT FROM BETWEEN THE PORTA POWER AND PIN WHEN IT WAS STRUCK WITH SLEDGE THE 4 X 4 NUT STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE ON HI8 RT THUMB HE JERKED BACK STRIKING HIS NOSE ON A STEEL BEAM AS RESULT BROKE HIS NOSE AND LACERATED HIS THUMB