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EMPLOYEE RECEIVED A SMALL SPLINTER OF STEEL IN THE LEFT THUMB. THE STEEL PENETRATED FOR ENOUGH TO REQUIRE SURGICAL REMOVAL THE FOLLOWING DAY. EMPLOYEE WAS AVAILABLE TOW ROK 10-2-92. FIVE ST ITCHES TO SEW UP AFTER SURGERY.
RESOCKETING ROPES IN PROCESS ROPE SNAPPED OUT OF SOCKET STRUCK R THUMB CAUSING 2 FRACT.
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING FENCE POSTS TO HOLD A STRAW DIKE. HE WAS POUNDING A POST USING A POST DRIVER AND HIS BACK POPPED.
WHILE WORKING O3 THE DRIVE SHAFT OF A HAUL TRUCK, EMPLOYEE STRUCK HIS FINGER WITH A HAMMER HANDLE
A SUPERVISOR WAS CHECKING BOLT TIGHTNESS FOR A DRAG DRUM ON 800-W BUCYRUS- ERIE DRAGLINE. A SLEDGE AND A DRIFT WAS USED TO RAP THE BOLTS. THE SUPERVISOR APPARENTLY CAUGHT HIS LEFT INDEX FIN GER BETWEEN THE HANDLE OF THE SLEDGE AND THE DRIFT CAUSING THE INDEX FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND TO FRACTURE.