EE WAS INSTALLING BOLTS IN THE TBM GRIPPER SHILED WHEN HE LOST HIS GRIP ON THE DRILL AND DROPPED IT ON HIS LEFT HAND. TAKEN TO ER FOR TREATMENT AND RELEASED TO WORK. ON 6-5-01 HIS HAND BECAME SWOLLEN AND HE WAS TAKEN TO KEARNY CLINIC AND X-RAYED. A FRACTURE IN THE THIRD METACARPAL WAS DISCOVERED AND HIS HAND WAS CASTED.