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INJURED WAS ATTEMPTING TO PICKUP PIECE OF SLATE FROM SAW TABLE WITH ELECTRICAL HOIST. SOMEHOW HE CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN HOIST HOOK & SLAB OF SLATE
OPER WAS WALKING SHOVEL UP TO MUCK PILE WITH 2 TRUCK AREADY POSITIONED SET TRAVEL BRAKE AND SHOVEL CONT. TO MOVE INTO THE TRUCK RESULTING IN INJ. TO OPER.
INJURED WAS ATTEMPTING TO PICK UP PIECE OF SLATE FROM SAW TABLE WITH ELECTRICAL HOIST. SOMEHOW HE CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN HOIST HOOK & SLAB OF SLATE.
TRIMMING SLATE 8HINGLES-SLATE SHINGLE BROKE APART DUE TO A SEAM IN PIECE OF SLATE DRAGGING INJ HAND INTO TRIMMING MACHINE BLADE.
INJURED WAS USI3G A DISC GRINDER TO SMOOT H LEGS FOR A NEW WOOD STOVE TO BE USED IN THE ROOFING MILL PC.OF STEEL FLEW OFF THE ROUGH STEEL LEGS & UNDER THE FACE-SHIELD INTO THE INJUREDS RT EY E 3
INJURED NORMALL2 CLEANS THE SAW TABLE OF SLIVERS OF SLATE BY USING A STREAM OF WATER FROM A WATER HOSE I.NAME SAW SOME DEBRIS AND TRIED TO REMOVE IT BY HAND HE WAS STANDING WHERE THE SAW OPERA TOR COULD NOT S9E HIM THE SAW OPERATOR LET THE RTAB TABLE DOWN CATCHING THE INJUREDS HAND BETWEEN THE TABLE AND TABLE FRAME
TRIMMING A PIEC9 OF ROOFING SLATE AND CAUGHT FINGER IN TRIMMING MACHINE BLADE MASHING THE FINGER NAIL WHICH DOCTOR REMOVED UNDER LOCAL ANESTHETIC
I.NAME WAS LAOD3NG A 16'X6'X12" THICK SLATE SLAB WEIGHING 6-7 TONS. HE HAD PICKED UP THE SLAB WHICH WAS TOO HEAVY FOR THE SHOVEL TO BEAR WHEN TURNED ACROSS THE TRACKS. HE PICKED THE STONE UP WITH THE CA6 IN LINE WITH THE TRACKS & AS HE SWUNG ACROSS THE TRACKS THE SHOVEL ROLLED OVER ON ITS SIDE. I.NAMES RIGHT FOOT WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE SHEET METAL IN THE CAB & THE BRAKE PEDAL.
FEEDING SLATE T3LE INTO GUAGING MACHINE AND MAHINE KICKED ONE OF THE TILES OUT CUTTING FOREFINGER ON RIGHT HAND.
OPERATING POWER HACKSAW TO CUT METAL TUBING-BLADE CAUGHT TUBING AND TURNED TUBING AND VICTIMS HAND INTO BLADE.