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BACKING PINNER INTO A BREAK-CAUGHT FOOT BETWEEN PINNER & RIB.
EMPL. WAS CHANGING SET OF BATTERIES ON S & S 270 TRACTGOR USING A ELECTRIC HOIST ON A I BEAM. EMPL. DID NOT CENTER BATTERY LIFT & WHEN HE BEGAN TO REPLACR THE BATTERY IT WAS AT AN ANGLE. HE THEN PUSHED BATTERY & LET THE BATTERY DOWN ON HIS THUMB.
A PIECE OF SHAL9 APPROX. 3 INCH THICK BY 2 FT LONG BY 10 INCH WIDE APPROX. 80 LB FELL FROM A LEDGE OF SHALE TO SANDROCK ON TO EMPLOYEE S LEFT HAND LITTLE FINGER THE LEDGE WAS BEING PINCHEAD AN D THE EMPLOYEE 2AD HIS LEFT HARD ON TOP OF THE PINNER HEAD.