Employee (E) was removing cutting edge bolts on a dozer blade with an impact wrench. The bolt head backed out of the hole while it was spinning and cut through the (E's) glove causing a laceration to the left index finger. (E) received medical attention and it took 15 sutures to close the wound.
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March 9, 2007
UT · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
MACHINERY
Mariana Copper One · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Mariana Copper One · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EMPLOYEE PLACED LEFT HAND BETWEEN BOTTOM AND MID SHELL OF CRUSHER TO ADJUST GASKET WHILE MID SHELL WAS BEING LOWERED BY CRANE ONTO BOTTOM SHELL. EMPLOYEE'S LEFT HAND WAS CRUSHED. (POST-SURGICAL EVAL.: PROBABLY WILL REQUIRE AMPUTATION OF MIDDLE, RING & LITTLE FINGERS, EACH AT PROXIMAL PHALANGE.)
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