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Employee was walking under the Bemis reject line when a bag fell off the conveyor, striking the employee on the left side of neck/shoulder area.
Employee was walking in the warehouse and a forklift came up beside employee and made a hard turn to the right and hit employee on the right side of body. It knocked employee down on the floor. Employee sprained left ankle. Employee is on restricted work duty.
Employee entered the wrapper to remove an empty pallet. He failed to lock-out tag- out and entered the conveyor from the top walking on the middle of the belt when he removed pallet the conveyor started and pinned his right leg between the exit conveyor and the gravity rollers. He was taken to ER and fallowed up with company Dr. 08/29/2014. He is on restricted work duty.
While re-positioning the forks on JLD hydraulic forklift, one of the forks got stuck in the out of place position. When EE reached in with left hand to free it the fork came loose and dropped in position smashing his little finger on his left hand. Sutures were required.
Employee was removing a stuck bag of salt at the eject conveyor on the Bernis palletizer. When the conveyor came up, his left arm was pinched between it and the next conveyor in line. Employee had lacerations to forearm and small hairline fracture on top side of hand. Dr at ER released him to work restricted duty 9/3/2008.
Employee was opening railcar door when the loader operator hit the coupler with loader, closing the door on his right little finger (open fracture at the first joint of the little finger).
Ee stated that the upper waste screw for cyclone choked down. He thought the motor kicked heaters, so he lifted the cover up from screw and screw caught his glove on right hand. Cutting the first joint off of third finger and cut ring finger.
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS CLOSING DOOR TO THE BAGGING MACHINE MAGAZINE FROM THE SEAT OF THE FORKLIFT, WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF OF BRAKE. FORKLIFT WENT INTO FORWARD MOTION PNCHING HIS RIGHT HAND BETWEEN FORKLIFT FALL PROTECTION CAGE AND THE EGDE OF DOOR. EMPLOYEE WILL BE ON MODIFIED DUTY.