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Employee was repairing a belt press belt and cut his finger while attempting to cut a zip tie.
Subject was attempting to use a hoist device to manually open the doors on a mud bin. One of the hooks connected to bin failed, thus straightening out. The hook came free, striking the back left shoulder of the subject, causing a knot to form on the back of this shoulder. Subject went to the ER and was released and able to return to work.
The EE was working the loadout sampler skirt boards. He had dropped one side and had loosened all the bolts on the other side, except for one. He had a socket and racket on the last bolt, when it broke. His right hand was propelled backwards and struck another bolt, puncturing his hand. He received 5 stitches.