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WORKING ON BE-25 TAKING BELT APART. HAD 5 BUCKETS OFF. TWO BUCKETS LEFT. GETTING READY TO ROLL HEAD PULLEY OVER TO GET THE OTHER TWO. THE BELT BROKE AND THE END HIT HIS LEFT LEG.
HAND GOT CAUGHT3BY CONVEYOR BELT WHILE CHECKING ROLLER.
WHILE WORKING AS SECOND SHIFT BAGGER A MIS SPOUTED BAG FELL ONTO CHAIN CONVEYOR AS EMP TRIED TO RETRIEVE BAG HIS 3RD AND 4TH FINGERS GOT CAUGHTIN THE CHAIN AND PINCHED AGAINST CHAIN AND SIDE RAIL
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING ROCK JAM FROM FEEDER WHEN LOOSE ROCK BOUNCED OFF CONVEYOR ONTO HIS LEFT FOOT BEHIND PROTECTIVE STEEL TOE.
THE MAN WAS REMOVING PEBBLES FROM THE FLOOR UNDER THE #6 MILL TO THE OUTSIDE OF MILL BLDG THE CAGE ON THE BOBCAT LOADER WAS REMOVED SO HE COULD GET CLOSER TO THE MILL SOMEHOW HIS HEAD GOTR C CAUGHT BETWEEN THE HOIST LIFT ARM ON THE LOADER AND THE BOTTOM OF THE MILL THEREFORE CUTTING HIS EAR
THE EMPLOYEE WAS HAULING A FULL LOAD IN THE TRUCK UP THE HAWN 1 RAMP. TO AVOID A ROCK AND AN EMPLOYEE WHO WAS STANDING NEAR THE ROCK, HE DROVE TO THE EXTREME LEFT OF THE ROAD. THE RIGHT TIRES OF THE TRUCK ENTERED INTO A POT-HOLE CAUSING A CAUSING A SUDDEN JOLT TO NECK AND SHOULDER AREA.
WHILE DROPPING TWO RAILROAD CARS DOWN FOR LOADING THE CARS SEPARATED WHEN PASSING THROU SWITCH ALLOWING 2ND CAR TO FALL BEHIND SUBSEDUENTLY CAR #2 PICKED UP SPEED AND STRUCK CAR #1 ON WHICH H EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING. THROWING HIM BACKWARD AGAINST STEEL FRAME OF CAR.
EMPLOYEE WAS BREAKING UP LUMPS OF FROZEN SAND AT POINT WHERE DAMP SAND FEEDS FROM HOPPER ONTO CONVEYOR BELT, USING A STEEL BAR. THE LOWER END OF THE BAR CAUGHT ON THE MOVING BELT AND FORCED TH E UPPER END TO THE SIDE PINCHING EMPLOYEES FINGER BETWEEN THE BAR AND THE SIDE OF THE OPENING IN TOP OF HOPPER
SHUTTLE CONVEYOR BELT RAN OVER FOOT WHEN RESTARTED AFTER STALL DUE TO FREEZE.