EE was using a utility knife, removing strips of belting that was wrapped around a tail pulley. They put a new blade in the knife, and they didn't think it would go through as easy as it did. When the knife passed through the belting, it punctured their left forearm, resulting in them receiving 7 sutures.
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Using pipe wrench to adjust bolts which slipped off bolt causing him to lose balance. He fell off shaker onto ground below because he did not use fall protection equipment.
EE was cleaning build-up of frozen material from underside of conveyor belt, when it let loose and fell against his leg.
Shoveling under belt and lifted screen guard, guard fell back into his leg causing laceration.
WELDER USED SLEDGE HAMMER TO POUND PIPE WRENCH HANDLE HAMMER BOUNCED OFF WRENCH HANDLE AND STRUCK THIS EE ON HEAD.