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While performing maintenance on a conveyor belt, an employee was using a hammer when a metal fragment splintered off and lodged into their left thigh.
employee was cutting zip ties off of a bundle of hoses on a copco T45 drill boom. the employees knife slipped and went into the employees left inner forearm roughly 3 inches above the wrist. the employee received about a 3 inch long gash
Employee was working to unplug belly belt on secondary crusher. Employee was positioned on conveyor that belly belt dumps onto. Employee was using a pipe wrench on head pulley to roll the belt forward to free it from being stuck. The pipe wrench slipped off the head pulley and employee fell backward landing on the ground resulting in 5 broken ribs.
Conveyor was blocked with boulders. Employee went through LOTO procedures. Employee removed head pulley guard to release tension in belt with pipe wrench. As employee was moving pipe wrench towards self, EE's hand slipped off wrench and into the pulley as it began to rotate back to original position.
Employee had a pipe wrench on the shaft pulling downward when the pipe wrench came loose smashing his finger between the wrench and the chute.
Dull box knife cut upper arm of employee while he was trying to cut deck cord.
Employee smashed ring finger with hammer. Broken finger.