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EE filled fluids in EQ. then went to put charger on the loader, he bent over and felt a sharp pain in his back. EE is complaining of severe pain and is being taken to the local hospital.
He was trying to lift an electric motor up with a chain and a chain binder. The binder slipped and smashed his pinkie finger between the binder and the electric motor. The pinkie was gashed open and the tip of the finger was chipped and required to be sutured.
He was working on a screen box removing a screen in which at time of accident, he was removing the bolts. He stuck his thumb on the bolt to hold it from spinning while he tried to loosen the nut with an airgun when it cut thru his glove and cut his thumb.
EMPLOYEE CALLED US FRIDAY AM TO TELL US HE HAD BEEN TO AN E.R. ON THURSDAY EVENING TO HAVE A FOREIGN OBJECT REMOVED FROM HIS EYE. THEY REFERRED HIM TO AN EYE DR. ON FRIDAY AM. HE WAS PUT ON AN ANTIBIOTIC & TOLD NOT TO RETURN TO WORK UNTIL WE WERE INFORMED OF THIS 4/08/05.
A RUBBER STRAP BROKE AND THE METAL HOOK CUT HIS HEAD.