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Employee went to change the cross-conveyor belt using a tool box knife to cut the old belt and pulled it towards themselves, cutting their thumb through their glove.
A mechanic was building a tail pulley guard and needed to trim some belting to fit properly. EE leaned against the side of the conveyor and started cutting excess material with EE's utility knife. EE was cutting away from self. EE's hand slipped causing the knife to come into contact with right index finger. This was just brought to my attention that this was MSHA, not OSHA.
The employee leaning across screen deck and prying on belt with pry bar and felt abdominal pain. Employee prescribed lidocaine patches for pain.
Employee performing maintenance on tail pulley bearing and strap-end being used to perform task slipped and became unhooked, causing strap-end to strike employee in back of head below hard hat area. The contact caused a laceration in back of head that required stitches to close.
Injured employee was cutting a piece of belt to repair a conveyor belt, when the knife the employee was using slipped and employee cut right thigh.
EE was setting a cone liner, the crane lifted the weight of hopper assembly and ee used a 4.5' pry bar to pry the hopper assembly into correct position. Assembly over shifted, causing the 4.5' pry bar and the hand to slide under the assembly and pinned right hand between the pry bar and the bottom of the hopper assembly causing the injury to right hand.
Employee was cutting a belt when the razor blade contacted his right thigh.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A UTILITY KNIFE TO CUT A CONVEYOR BELT; AS HE PULLED THE KNIFE TOWARD HIM, THE KNIFE SLIPPED & STRUCK HIS LEFT WRIST JUST BELOW THE THUMB.
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING A CONVEYER BELT USING A UTILITY KNIFE. THE KNIFE SLIPPED IN HIS HAND, THE KNIFE CUT HIS LEFT HAND, REQUIRING STITCHES.