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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August 20, 2021
IA · Metal/Non-Metal
crusher attendant/operator, pan feeder operator/worker
MACHINERY
BMC Aggregates LC · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects
BMC Aggregates LC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Was grinding on a piece of metal and grinder kicked back and cut his left hand.
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