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CLEANING ROTARY DUST VALVE WITHOUT DISCONNECTING IT CAUGHT 2 FINGERS OF L HAND
EMPL WAS REMOVING OVERHEAD CRANE BUMPER. HE HAD HAND BETWEEN BUMPER & CRANE FRAME. WHEN BUMPER WAS FREED THUMB WAS PINNED BETWEEN BUMPER & CRANE FRAME.
EMPLOYEE WAS WATCHING ANOTHER EMPLOYEE JACKHAMMERING MUD BUILDUP IN DUST TANK WHEN A LUMP FELL FROM TANK OPENING AND EMPLOYEE JUMPED BACK AND PUSHED AWAY AT THE LUMP. LUMP CAUGHT LEFT HAND IND EX FINGER AND TORE NAIL AWAY.
THE EMPLOYEE WA8 TIGHTENING BOLTS ON TOP OF 2 RAW MILL. HE WAS USING A LARGE IMPACT WRENCH SUSPENDED BY A CRANE. THE WRENCH BECAME LOCKED ONTO THE NUT AS THE CRANE OPERATOR RAISED THE WRENCH. IT RELEASED SUD8ELY THE EMPLOYEES LEFT HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE HANDLE OF THE WRENCH AND A SAFETY BELT HOOK ON THE SAFETY CABLE. FOOR COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE EMPLOYEE AND THE CRANE OPERAT