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Employee was replacing sprockets on skid steer, realigning the holes when the track shifted and rolled the sprockets over trapping EE's right hand between the track and sprocket
Individual injured while helping change out a bucket elevator belt. As the old and new elevators were being replaced, they got stuck together, causing them to bind. The tension caused them to abruptly come apart, striking individual on right hand thumb area causing a fracture to the thumb. Injured party was transported to get evaluated, x-rays taken confirming fracture to thumb.
Maintenance Tech. was changing troughing rollers on a conveyor, while EE was handing out a bad roller EE's helper had lost grip of the roller resulting in the maintenance tech smashing EE's left hand in between two rollers. Displaced fracture of distal phalanx of left ring finger with a very small evulsion, contusion to EE's left middle finger and pinky finger.