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Employee was attempting to manually slide a pallet (approx. 600 pound) inside a van to position for pickup by Lull/forklift. During this task, the IP experienced pain in their right bicep muscle.
While attempting to tighten down a bolt with a washer the Employee failed to use a tool in a rush to secure the nut down to the bolt, the Employee used a half inch battery powered impact gun using EE's left hand while trying to hold a washer with EE's right hand run the nut up and caught EE's right index finger while wearing EE's gloves.
Miner put left middle finger in a pinch point, which resulted in a fracture to left middle finger.