TRYING TO LIFT MILL LID AND FLIP IT OVER CENTER IT SNAPPED AND PULLED ON ARM WHEN THE CABLE CAME TIGHT
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Showing all 5WAS PUTTING A 3-4 FOOT WRENCH BACK INTO ITS STORAGE PLACE & WRENCH CAUGHT ON THE FLY WHEEL OF THE BREAKER CAUGHT THUMB BETWEEN THE WRENCH & THE FRAME OF THE BREAKER
DRILLING OPERATION USING GARDNER DENVER AIR TRACK CHAIN ON BOOM BROKE BUNCHED UP AT BASE. BOOM LAID DOWN & OPERATOR TRIED TO GUIDE CHAIN WHILE PULLING IT OUT THROUGH SPROCKET. SPROCKET NEEDS T O BE MOVING IN ORDER TO PULL CHAIN THROUGH OEPRATOR HAD ONE HAND ON CONTROLS ONE HAND PULLING CHAIN HAND GOT CAUGHT IN SPROCKET BROKE FOUR FINGERS DAMAGED LIGAMENTS ETC. ONE FINGER LOST.
WAS FEEDING CRU8HER ROCK CAME OUT OF BREAKER AND LANDED ON RT INNER THIGH
CUT LEG WHILE WORKING IN THE SHOP SAWING SOME BOARDS