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DUE TO INEXPERIENCE -LESS THAN 20 HRS DRIVING AND WORKING CONDITIONS,TRUCK ROLLED BACKWARDS AND FELL OF 8' SHELF.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING EXCESS PLASTIC FROM EXIT CONVEYOR LINE HAS PHOTO CELLS THAT TURN THE BELTS ON & OFF DURING THE INTERVAL WHEN THE CONVEYOR WAS OFF EMPLOYEE REACHED INTO THE CONVEYOR PHOTO CELL TURNED THE CONVEYOR ON ROLLING EMPLOYEES HHAND BETWEEN THE BELT & TAIL PULLEY EMPLOYEE WAS ABLE TO HIT THE EMERGENCY STOP BUTTON
BELT HAD STOPPED AND HE WAS DOING MAINTENANCE TO GET IT STARTED AGAIN. AS HE PULLED THE BELT, IT STARTED PULLING HIS HAND BETWEEN THE BELT AND ROLLER.
EMPL STACKING BAGS ON SEMI-AUTO PALLETIZER.WAS WEARING GLOVES,REACHED OUT TO GET BALE OF PRODUCT,CONVEYOR CAUGHT GLOVE PULLING HAND INTO AND BETWEEN HEAD PULLEY AND 1ST STEEL INCLINE ROLLER & AGAINST COVEYOR BELT.FRICTION FROM BELT CAUSED BURN TYPE INJURY TO DORSUM SURFACE OF RIGHT HAND.
THERE WAS A WASH OUT OR BREAK IN A LEVEE SEPARATING TWO OF OUR PONDS A ROAD IS ON TOP OF THE LEVEE EMPL WAS DRIVING ON ROAD DID NOT SEE WASH OUT IN TIME TO STOP AND WENT OFF INTO IT RESULTED I N MINOR DAMGAE TO TRUCK HE WAS DRIVING HE RECEIVED A BUMP ON THE HEAD AND SOME BRUISES
EMPLOYEE WAS STACKING 50 LB. BALES OF PRODUCT AT THE END OF THE SEMI-AUTOMATIC BALER FINISHED PRODUCT CONVEYOR. HE HAD JUST FINISHED STACKING A BALE OF PRODUCT ONTO A PALLET AND AS HE TURNED AROUND TO GET THE NEXT BALE OFF THE CONVEYOR, THE BALE FELL FORWARD OFF THE CONVEYOR. HE QUICKLY MOVED AND GRABBED AND CAUGHT THE BALE. THIS RESULTED IN A MUSCLE STRAIN TO THE LEFT SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO TAKE A SAMPLE FROM AN UNAPPROVED POINT ON THE CONVEYING SYSTEM. HE PLACED THE SAMPLE PAN IN THE OPENING ABOVE THE HEAD PULLEY ON THE CONVEYOR BELT, APPROX. 5 1/2 FEE T ABOVE THE GROUND. AS THE PRODUCT HIT THE PAN, THE FORCE OF THE MOVING PRODUCT PINNED THE EMPLOYEE'S FINGERS BETWEEN THE MOVING CONVEYOR BELT AND THE RIM OF THE PAN. THE MOVING CONVEYOR BELT
A ROCK BECAME STUCK IN OPENING OF FEED HOPPER CHUTE EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO SAVE TIME BY ATTMEPTING TO DISLODGE ROCK WITH HIS HAND ROCK CAME LOOSE CATCHING EMPLOYEES HAND BETWEEN ROCK & CHUTE O PENING HE HAD CLIMBED ON TOP OF THE GUARD & INSERTED HIS HAND FULL ARMS LENGTH INTO THE HOPPER OPENING WITH THE CONVEYOR STILL RUNNING THE FORCE OF CONVEYOR MOVING THE DISLODGED ROCK AGAINST
EMPLOYEE WAS STACKING 25 LB PRODUCT HE WAS TRYING TO STRAIGHTEN A SLIPSHEET ON THE PALLET WHEN A BALE OF PRODUCT STARTED TO FALL OFF THE CONVEYOR BELT HE GRABBED FOR THE BALE WHEN HE CAUGHT I T HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LEFT HAND AND PART OF HIS WRIST
EMPLOYEE WAS AT7EMPTING TO CLEAN THE BUILDUP FROM A CHUTE WHILE THE MACHINERY WAS RUNNING HE WAS USING A SCREWDRIVER TO CLEAN AT THE CHUTE WHICH IS VERY CLOSE TO THE PINCH POINT OF THE CONVEYO R HEAD PULLEY T2E CONVEYOR PULLED THE SCREWDRIVER OUT OF THE EMPLOYEES HAND AND THE EMPLOYEE TRIED TO RETRIEVE THE SCREWDRIVER GETTING HIS FINGER CAUGHT IN THE PINCH POINT NO STITCHES PRESCRI
EMPL OPERATING 6OBCAT LOADER.LOADER QUIT,GOT OUT TO JUMP-START IT.WHEN ENTERING LOADER,FOOT HIT BUCKET LEVER LIFTING BUCKET ON LEG.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING PAY LOADER WHEN HE NOTICED A PAIN IN HIS NECK, CERVICAL MUSCULAR STRAIN AND SPASM,
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PULL BAG TOPS FROM THE PULLEY WHILE THE LINE WAS STEILL RUNNING THE EMPLOYEES HAND WAS PULLED INTO THE PLATE AT THE END OF THE CONVEYOR
WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON THE 25# PRODUCTION LINE, A BAG BECAME SNAGGED ON THE ADJUSTMENT BOLT OF THE BAG SETTLER. SHE ATTEMPTED TO REMOVE THE BAG WHILE THE BELTS WERE STILL IN MOTION. HE R HAND BECAME CAUGHT BY THE UPPER BELT, SHE PULLED HER HAND FREE, CAUSING INJURY TO THE MUSCKLEIN HER LEFT SHOULDER.