INJ AND FELLOW EMPL REMOVING TOP OF SMALL CYCLONE AT REAR OF KILN.TOP BEING MOVED WAS APPX 42\\ IN DIAMETER AND AS THEY LIFTED IT WITH CRANE TRUCK AND SLING,FOUND THAT SECTION WOULDNT CLEAR HA NDRAIL ABOVE CYCLONE.INJ RELEASED SLING AND WAS ATTEMPTING TO REPOSITION IT WHEN CYCLONE TOP SLIPPED AND OPENED A CUT IN HIS ARM WHICH REQ 7 STITCHES TO CLOSE.
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Showing all 2EMPLOYEE SUSTAINED A LACERATION RERQUIRING EIGHT STITCHES TO THE 4TH FINGER OF HIS LEFT HAND WHILE USING A SHOP PRESS. INJURED\S CO-WORKER PULLED THE PIN ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE HORIZONTAL BAR S TO ADJUST THE HEIGHT OF THE PRESS. WHEN INJURED\S CO-WORKER PULLED THE PIN, THIS ALLOWED THE DOUBLE BARS TO SWING DOWN ON THE RIGHT SIDE PIN AND INJURED\S FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE HORZ