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PUT FINGER IN CHAIN ROLLER PRY BAR SLIPPED IT SEVERED HIS FINGER
THE OPERATOR FIRST USED A FRONT END LOADER TO PLACE WET MATERIAL INTO A HOPPER THAT IN TURN WOULD FEED A CONVEYOR BELT. DUE TO THE WETNESS, THE MATERIAL DID NOT FLOW PROPERLY. THE OPERATOR T HEN STOOD ON THE FRONT END OF THE HOPPER WITH A SHOVEL. THE OPERATOR PUSHED ALL OF THE MATERIAL IN THE FRONT OF THE HOPPER ONTO THE BELT. A LARGE AMOUNT OF MATERIAL STILL REMAINE DIN THE REA
I,NAME WAS BEAT3NG ON A FEED PIPE TO DISLODGE WET MATERIAL. THE HAMMER HANDLE BROKE. THE HAMMER BOUNCED BACK AND KNOCKED HIS FACE SHIELD OFF HIS HARD HAT. THE RESULT WAS A BRUISE AND CUT ON HS FOREHEAD. 3