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TAKING PLASTIC PIPES APART WITH WRENCH & HAMMER,HAND SLIPPED AND PUNCHED LEFT RING FINGER AT THE CREASE WHERE FINGER & HAND JOIN.ONE STITCH.
LOOSENING UP A LOCKNUT, HAND SLIPPED AND HE HIT HIS KNUCKLE ON THE LEFT RING FINGER AGAINST THE BRAKE HOUSING COVER. EMERGENCY ROOM DOCTOR CLEANED IT OUT, PUT IN TWO STITCHES AND GAVE HIM A TE TANUS SHOT.
FROM A LEVEL AREA THE GROUND SLOPES DOWNWARD TOWARD THE JAW CRUSHER AREA. A THROUGH, APPROX. 2' WIDE BY 6" - 8" DEEP. CAUSED BY RAIN WATER RUN-OFF HAS EXPOSED NUMEROUS SIZES OF ROCKS. EMPLO YEE WAS WALKING TOWARD THE JAW CRUSHER AREA (AT TIMES IN THE PLANT WAS NOT IN OPERATION AT THE TIME OF INJURY.