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Employee was troubleshooting an issue with a California Pellet Mill. Two employees were rotating the pellet die when the glove of one individual became caught between the rolls and the die pulling the employees left middle fingertip into a pinch point causing a laceration and fracture of the fingertip.

Employee was grinding a metal bracket with a Milwaukee 2785-20 angle grinder and a cutoff wheel. EE was wearing eye protection. EE awoke in the morning of 4/16 with an irritated eye and it was determined EE had a small piece of metal in EE's eye. EE sought medical attention to remove the piece and follow up care including antibiotics.

Employee was operating a slide gate at main plant screw packer #2. EE improperly grasped the slide while EE was operating it and pinched EE's finger between the hammer portion of the slide and the hammer stop fracturing the end of EE's thumb and causing a hematoma.

Employee was changing a dust collector sack without turning off the rotary airlock, he had been trained and understood that the airlock must be turned off prior to changing sacks, he had properly performed this task many times previously.

He was cutting steel plate with a torch and a spark got behind his cutting glasses and burned his right eyelid.

Ee was in the maintenance shop fabricating a guard for the blower at the dual bins. When he was welding the pieces together he was not putting his welding hood down fast enough when he started welding.

EE was using a cutting torch to cut out and replace a section of chute. A piece of slag fell into the rolled up cuff on his right pant leg. The slag burned through the cuff and fell into his boot.