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Employee was unhooking a generator trailer and using a tool to release the fifth wheel plate. Tool slipped off fifth wheel plate and employee feel backwards on to the ground hitting their head.
THE WASH PLANT OPERATOR WAS CLEARING FROZEN MATERIAL OFF A ROLLER GANG WITH A HAMMER WHEN HE SLIPPED AND THE HAMMER BECAME CAUGHT IN THE ROLLER. THE HAMMER AND THE OPERATORS RIGHT HAND WERE PINCHED CAUSING ABRASIONS AND CUTS TO THE RIGHT HAND AND THUMB.