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Employees were placing a 200lb steel plate on a structure, the plate slipped off and fell 15" striking employee's left foot just behind the steel toe portion of their boot.
EE went to tower 1 to check clips on conveyor belt. Ee grabbed ladder at hinge point, when ee placed weight on the ladder, it smashed/pinched left pinky, ring & middle fingers. Resulting in the amputation of middle finger, just below the nail. EE recalls pulling hand out, from the hinge point, which ee thinks resulted in the separation of middle finger.
Reinstalling screen panels (punch plate) on tower 1 screen. While installing last panel on the top deck employee had his hand between a rivet and the hook rail on the screen panel catching the end of his left thumb when the panel was pushed into place. This caused a laceration to the left thumb requiring 3 stitches.
EE was digging frozen material out of a feed chute that transfers rock from an overhead surge bin onto a belt feeder. He reached into chute to remove piece of rock, placing his arm under opening of bin. Piece of frozen lime fell/rolled from side of bin, striking his arm. Quarry had rec'd apprx 4" of rain over weekend, then temps dropped, washing material onto belts & freezing it