EMP WAS INSTALLING BOLT IN 5 XCUT LEFT. WAS PUSHING BOLT UP IN HOLE. REACHED UP TO TURN PLATE AROUND. CAUGHT HIS GLOVE, TWISTING HIS HAND AND HURTING 2 FINGERS OF LEFT HAND. MIDDLE AND RING. EMP WAS SPINNING BOLT AS IT WAS GOING UP.
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Showing all 3EE AND COWORKER WERE INSTALLING HYBOARD #3 ENTRY. EE WAS HELPING COWORKER HOLD UP BOARD TO GET LINED UP. TOP WAS LITTLE LOWE IN THIS AREA. EE WAS HOLDING BOARD WHILE COWORKER RAISED HEAD OF BO LTER, THEN LAID HIS HAND OVER ON ARM OF BOLTER PLACING HIS THUMB AT PINCH POINT WITH HEAD ARM & CANOPY JACK CASE.
EE SAID HE WAS PUTTING BOLT IN HOLE WHEN HE TWISTED & SHIFTED HIS BODY & FELT PAIN IN HIS RIGHT LEG.