WORKER ASSISTIN1 SHOP FOREMAN AT HEAVY DUTY PRESS TO STRAIGHTEN BENT SHAFT, WHEN A PIECE OF 2X4 APPROX. X 2' LONG POSITIONED UNDER THE SHAFT BECAME DISLODGED AND STRUCK WORKER ON RIGHT FOOT, C CAUSING FRACTUR9 TO THE FIFTH PROXIMAL PHALANX.
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Showing all 3METAL SPLINTER 9NTERED EYE WHILE OPERATING GRINDER.
INJURED WAS GREASING A BEARING NEXT TO AN EXPOSED SHAFT, HE LAID HIS ARM ON THE SHAFT WHICH CAUGHT HIS SHIRT SLEEVE AND SPUN HIM AROUND THE SHAFT SEVERING HIS LEFT ARM, BREAKING HIS THREE RIBS PROXIMAL TO THE ARM, AND CAUSING A SKULL FRACTURE AND SEVEREAL FACIAL LACERATIONS. HIS ARM WAS AMPUTATED AT THE SHOULDER AND THE OTHER INJURIES TREATED.