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EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING OUT FROM UNDER A CONVEYOR BELT ATTACHED TO SCREENING PLANT. LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL ON CONVEYOR BELT. SLICED RIGHT ARM.
Laborer was starting the wash plant. Conveyor would not turn. He climbed up to conveyor and tried to manually rotate belt. Coat got caught in pully and pulled him into conveyor belt slicing his left arm open. He got out of the conveyor and walked to office. Medical treatment started.