Maintenance employee was replacing a skirt rubber on a chute above the main feed belt. The employee did not Lock Out the feed belt and while working on the chute a piece of metal fell onto the moving belt, the employee tried to grab the metal and caught his right arm between the belt and belt cover. The employee sustained a fracture to his right wrist and forearm.
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DiGeronimo Aggregates LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
December 14, 2005
OH · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
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Independence Recycling Inc · Fall from machine
EMPLOYEE WAS PERFORMING MAINTENANCE ON A CONVEYOR WHEN IT WAS STARTED BY ANOTHER EMPLOYEE ALSO PERFORMING MAINTENANCE ON ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. INJURED EMPLOYEE DID NOT LOCK-OUT SYSTEM.
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