EMPL WORKING ON BUCKET TEETH OF LOADER.4 LB METAL HAMMER WAS USED TO LOOSEN TEETH.TOOTH WAS STRUCK WITH HAMMER AND METAL SPLINTER BROKE LOOSE FROM TOOTH,EMBEDDED IN EMPL UPPER LEFT THUMB.EMPL WENT TO LOCAL DR WHERE SPLINTER WAS REMOVED.
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Showing all 2EMPL WAS WORKING ON THE DRAGLINE BUCKET CROWS FOOT ANOTHER GROUP OF EMPLS WERE CHANGING BUCKET TOOTH CAPS A METAL SLEDGE HAMMER WAS USED TO LOOSEN THE OLD TOOTH CAPS FOR ;REMOVAL WHEN A TOOTH CAP WAS STRUCK WITH THE SLEDGE A METAL SPLINTER BROKE LOOSE FROM THE CAP FLEW AND LODGED IN THE EMPLS UPPER R ARM EMPL WENT TO THE LOCAL HOSPITAL WHER SPLINTER WAS REMOVED