Employee was rotating bars on HSI Secondary Crusher. EE was standing outside crusher housing turning spinner in order to install safety pin. Employee reached to push on crusher bar, when drum rotated pinching thumb between crusher bar and sidewall liner. Lacerated and fractured thumb on right hand.
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Showing all 5Was grinding on a piece of metal and grinder kicked back and cut his left hand.
A crane was holding a dredge impeller in an upright position with a nylon strap tied around the impeller. The crane operator put slack in the cable. The victim had his hand between the strap and the impeller. When the slack was taken up, his hand was pinched and pulled his finger out from between the strap and impeller.
Chipping or grinding a weld and got piece of metal in left eye.
WAS GRINDING THE ROUGH EDGES OFF THE GRIZZLY BARS ON THE IMPACT FEEDER WHEN THE GRINDER SLIPPED & CUT HIS KNEE