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Maintenance worker was bent over cleaning a shaft using a 4 1/2"grinder, when EE stood up EE twisted to put down the grinder and pulled EE's back muscle.
Employee, being trained on Bag Packaging System, noticed the material feed slowing down and estimated that the pinch valve, that allows the feed, was malfunctioning. He decided to try to correct it himself and place the Index and Middle Finger of his left hand in the pinch valve, pressure was released from the valve and closed on the his fingers pinching them.