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EE WAS USING A METAL BAR TO PRY AN ELECTRIC MOTOR INTO PLACE. METAL BAR SLIPPED & THE BAR HIT EE IN HEAD ABOVE EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS BUSTING BAGS. THIS INVOLVES PICKING UP A BAG OF RAW MATERIAL AND THROWING IT ONTO A SMALL HOPPER WITH A SHARP PIECE OF STEEL. THE SHARP PIECE OF STEEL CUTS THE BAG OPEN ALLOWING T HE MATERIAL TO FLOW OUT. SOMEHOW THE EMPLOYEE GOT HIS HAND IN THE WRONG POSITION AND HIS HAND HIT THE SHARP PIECE OF METAL, RESULTING IN THE INJURY.
EMPL WAS TAKING MIXER MACHINE APART WHEN SCREW HE WAS REMOVING BROKE & CUT HAND.
ROCK LODGED IN HOPPER DOOR. EMPLOYEE TRIED TO REMOVE ROCK WITH STEEL BAR. WHEN ROCK DISLODGED, BAR HIT EMPLOYEE ON RIGHT JAW.