Yard 72 - WaverlyMetal/Nonmetal

Employee was pulling the guard out of a conveyor with another employee for maintenance. The weight of the guard shifted pinching the employee's left thumb between the guard and conveyor. This resulted in a cut or tear of the skin next to the thumb nail. Required stitches. There was no damage to the thumb nail. Employee was wearing gloves at the time of the incident.

Employee was performing an end of shift inspection of the plant. He noticed what he thought was a splice in the belt had torn loose on the short sand stacker conveyor. He began to walk towards the belt and became distracted by the splice, he tripped over a raised sand spoil and fell forward and scraped his head on the conveyor/catwalk.