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WHILE TRYING TO PUT UP WIND WALLS, THE WIND GUSTED TO THE INJ WORKER HAD THE WALLS SLAMMED INTO HIS SHOULDER & DISLOCATED
UNLOADING A SHEET OF STEEL BULDING SIDING FROM THE BACK OF A TRUCK WHEN THE WIND CAUGHT IT PULLING IT THROUGH HIS HANDS LACERATING THE FOURTH DIGIT ON THE RIGHT HAND. THE WOUND REQUIRED FIVE S TITCHES. THE EE WAS NOT WEARING GLOVES.
EE WAS GOING TO PULL A WELLHEAD AND GET OUT OF THE TRUCK TO GET A SECTION OF ROPE FROM THE BACK. HE LEFT THE TRUCK DOOR OPEN AND PUT HIS RIGHT HAND ON THE DOOR FRAME. THE WIND CAUSED THE DOOR TO CLOSE ON HIS RIGHT HAND, FRACTURING AND LACERATING THE RIGHT FINGER. THE INJURY REQUIRED SIX SUTURES.