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EMPLOYYEE CLAIMS THAT HE WAS PRYING CONDUIT WITH A PRY BAR, WHEN THE BAR SLIPPED OFF THE CONDUIT AND SMASHED HIS RIGHT THUMB AGAINST A STEEL BEAM, RESULTIN GIN A FRACTURE OF THE RIGHT THUMB.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE PLACED A BAR THROUGH THE DRAGLINE BUCKET CHAIN & WAS PRYING ON IT WHEN THE BAR SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL BACKWARDS RESULTING IN A SPIRAL FRACTURE TO THE RIGHT LATERAL MALLEOLUS.
INJURED STATED THAT HE WAS MOUNTING A SMALL TRANSFORMER ON A POLE AND WHEN HE REACHED TO GET ANOTHER BOLT THE TRANSFORMER SLIPPED AND CUT HIS LEFT HAND AT THE BASE OF THE THUMB WHICH REQUIRED 3 STITCHES.
EE CLAIMS THAT WHEN THE BOLTS WERE REMOVED FROM THE MASTERLINK ON A DOZER, THE TRACK JUMPED CATCHING THE PALM OF HIS LEFT HAND BETWEEN THE PADS. APPROX. 2X2 V SHAPED AVULSION.
EMPLOYEE CLAIMS THAT HE WAS REPLACING THE HANDLE TO A SLEDGEHAMMER AND WAS KNOCKING THE WEDGE IN WITH ANOTER SLEDGEHAMMER AND HIT HIS FINGER. THE TIP OF HIS LEFT HAND RING FINGER WAS AMPUTATED .
EMPLOYEE CLAIMS3HE WAS BRUSH PAINTING WITH ACRYLIC ENAMEL RED SPOT BRAND PAINT AND XYLENOL THINNER IN THE CENTER WING ROOM. HE STATED THAT HE FELT DIZZY AND WENT TO THE LANDING ON THE RIGHT SH OE WHERE HE LOS7 CONSCIOUSNESS.