Employee was drilling a hole through a newly installed CARDOX port in a dust cyclone when the drill bit caught and twisted the drill out of the employees hands.
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Working with jackhammer to clean out pump when tip of jackhammer jammed causing hand to be pinched then causing a laceration to palm of hand.