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EMPLOYEE LIFTED A LID ON AN AUGER IN ORDER TO TAKE A SAMPLE WHEN HE LIFTED THE LID HIS SHOULDER WAS DISLOCATED HE HAD INJURED HIS SHOULDER APPROX ONE YEAR AGO OFF THE JOB AND DID NOT SEEK MEDI CAL ATTENTION AT THAT TIME
DRYER OPERATOR WAS PACKING 50 LB BAGS OF MATERIAL ONTO PALLET WHEN HE FELT PAIN ON HIS RT SIDE OF GROIN AREA PHYSICIAN DIAGNOSED INJURY AS AN INJUINAL HERNIA
EMPLOYEE NOTICE SOME MATERIAL IN THE TRUCK BED AFTER HE DUMPED LOAD IN HOPPER. HE GRABBED HOLD OF THE TOP LEFT SIDE OF TAILGATE WITH RIGHT HAND KICKED BOTTOM OF TAILGATE TO STRIKE THE TRACK BE D. INDEX FINGER WAS TOO CLOSE TO SIDE OF TAILGATE AND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN TRUCKSIDE FRAME ANDTAILGATE.
SUPERVISOR WAS EXITING ZINC DRYER CONTROL ROOM AND CLOSED DOOR ON TIP OF FINGER.METAL DOOR PINCHED OFF END OF FINGER CAUSING AMPUTATION AND FRACTURE.