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EE was cleaning the shop and was attempting to drag a piece of fabricated pipe across a steel work table. The pipe pivoted catching the ee's left index finger between the pipe and table.
He was dislodging ice from 2" discharge pump by hitting the hose on a concrete barrier when the ice was loosen the hose was uncontrollable, the of hose hit him in the face.
The employee was working on the triple deck to replace a bad screen in the discharger end of the bottom deck. The EE was cutting out the huck bolts in the back plate to remove the screen. The EE stated he cut all the bolts out except two. These 2 bolts were left in until a means of securing the plate was in place. 1 bolt did not have a nut & the plate fell on his foot.
AT THE START OF THE SHIFT, THE PREP PLANT WAS STARTED & AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO START THE REFUSE BELTS. THE NO.1 REFUSE BELT SHOWED A HIGH AMPERAGE READING WHEN ATTEMPTING TO START IT, SO THE F OREMAN, PLANT ELECTRICIAN & A MECHANIC WENT TO THE NO.1 TAILPIECE & FOUND THAT SOME BOLTS HAD BROKEN OUT OF THE FEEDER FRO THE BELT AND ALLOWED REFUSE FINES TO ACCUMULATE AROUND THE BELT TAIL