THE INJURED WAS RAKING CLINKERS OUT OF COAL FIRED HOT WATER GENERATOR. HER RAKE GOT STUCK . SHE GAVE IT A STRONG ULL HER LITTLE FINGER WAS OVER THE END OF THE RAKE HANDLE. SHE SMASHED HER FING ER BETWEEN THE END OF THE HANDLE AND THE I BEAM BEHIND HER.
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April 15, 1998
WY · Coal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Fuller Construction Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
November 4, 1997
WY · Coal
greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fuller Construction Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
THE INJURED WAS PUTTING THE DRIVE SHAFT BACK ONTO A HAUL TRUCK. WHILE LINING UP THE SHAFT ON THEOUTPUT FLANGE THE SHAFT SLIPPED, FELL AND PINCHED THE LAS DIGIT OF HIS THUMB BETWEEN THE U-JOINT AND THE FRAME CROSS MEMBER BELOW. THIS BROKE THE LAST DIGIT INTO 8 PIECES.
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