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WHILE PUTTING THE TRACK TOGETHER ON MACHINE, THE HYDRAULIC PIN PRESS SLIPPED PINCHING EMPLOYEE'S THUMB BETWEEN TRACK PAD AND PRESS.
EE WAS CHANGING STEELS. HE WAS BRINGING THE HAMMER DOWN TO THE COUPLER INSTEAD OF GOING INTO THE COUPLER THE STRIKER BAR CAUGTH THE EDGE OF THE COUPLER PUTTING AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF PRESSURE ON THE STEEL CAUSING THE STEEL TO MAKE A SUDDEN SIDEWAYS MOTION INSTEAD OF A DOWN WARD MOTION. AT THIS TIME HIS FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE DRILL STEEL AND THE BOOM.
EE WAS WASHING OUR HYDRAULIC SHOVEL (DEMAG). HE WAS REPOSITIONING HIMSELF WHEN HE LOST HIS BALANCE LOSING CONTROL OF THE HIGH PRESSURE WAND. THE WAND OUT OF CONTROL THEN PENETRUTED HIS BOOT CA USING ABOUT A 2/4" PUNCTURE WOUND, ALSO 2ND & 3RD DEGREE BURN 3" IN DIATMETER TO HIS LEFT FOOT.
I,NAME SAID HE WAS MOVING HIS DRILL OVER ROUGH GROUND AND HIS RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED BETWEEN THE PLATFORM HE WAS STANDING ON AND THE BEARING HOUSING ON THE DRILL TRACK. THE DOCTOR SAID HE HAD FRAC TURED SOME OF THE BONES IN HIS RIGHT FOOT.