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Employee was doing repair work to oversize chute at the plant when ee went to lift a 10x2 piece of channel iron and it slipped from right hand and fell on left hand smashing left ring finger.
Employee was rolling a huge clod of material down the stockpile, when he heard a pop from his right arm and he began to feel pain. He also had swelling in upper arm. He said the pain was tolerable the last few weeks but arm is really no better.
EMPLOYEE WAS MOUNTING MOTOR, MOTOR SLIPPED AND CAUGHT EMPLOYEES LEG ON THE KNEE AREA, CAUSING DISLOCATING KNEE AND BRUSING.
Mechanic was working in shop installing a starter through a hole in the equipment, while doing so Employee strained his left shoulder.
Employee was shoveling on the conveyor line, began having pain in left forearm and wrist. As the day advanced pain became worse and arm swelled.
Employee was shoveling under conveyor and his forearm got caught by screen wire.
EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO HOOK FAN UP ON LOADER. THE BATTERY DOOR FELL OFF & HIT HIS HEAD, CAUSING AN ABRASION REQUIRING 6 STITCHES.
TRUCK DRIVER COMING ONTO SCALES LOADED. BLOWED OUTSIDE WHEEL AFTER WHEEL CAME IN CONTACT WITH SCALE RAILING. OPERATOR PULLED OFF SCALES STILL LOADED AND ATTEMPTED TO CHANGE TIRE, WITH TRUCK JA CKED UP, THE JACK SLIPPED HITTING THE DRIVER ON THE SHOULDER AND BACK AREA.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON SCRAPPER MACHINE AND A PART OF THE MACHINE HE HAD TAKEN OFF (BRACE) AND LAID AGAINST THE MACHINE TIPPED OVER HITTING THE EMPLOYEE BEHIND THE RIGHT KNEE (CALF MUSCLE).
EE WAS WORKING ON A 627 SCRAPER, REPAIRING CUSHION HITCH, WHILE TRYING TO PUT A WOOD BLOCK UNDER CUSHION HITCH, CUSHION HITCH FLOATED DOWN AND CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN WOOD AND HITCH.
EE SHUT HIS HAND UP IN HIS VEHICLE DOOR.