Employee cleaning top shaker screen with chain & plate while standing on shaker flywheel guard housing. Chain fell into flywheel shaker, tightened up, then slapped employee across both legs in shin area. Employee jumped down & got out of immediate area experienceing pain in legs. Gash in right shin.
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Showing all 3Employee was repairing rubber wash down hose, Forced king nipple into open end of hose. Holding one end of hose with one hand and king nipple with other hand. He forced king nipple into open end of rubber hose, he felt pain in his left shoulder. He reported incident, felt he would be ok after a nights rest. Next morning pain persisted he was taken to doctor.
EE WAS CHANGING BOTTOM DECK SCREEN ON STATION 8. HE WENT TO CLIMB ONTO BOTTOM DECK SCREEN WITH HIS LEFT HAND AND FELT PAIN THROUGH HIS ARM AND SHOULDER. EE COULD NOT STRAIGHTEN ARM WITHOUT FEELING PAIN.