Employees right knee was caught between the bucket being raised and the bucket on the bottom of the shaft.
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Showing all 3Employee operating hoist had their right ring and pinky finger smashed after running the hoist block onto their fingers. Injury was not a result of lack of training.
EE and a coworker were on the industrial elevator at Enlow Mine. EE's fingers were pinched between the door of the elevator and the door frame for the elevator door. EE lost the fingernail on and fractured a phalanx in left ring finger.