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MECHANIC WAS TIGHTENING BOLTS ON A CONVEYOR ROLLER REACHED FOR A PIECE OF PAPER STUCK IN A ROLLER AND CAUGHT HIS HAND IN THE ROLLER. HE JERKED HIS HAND BACK, BUT RECEIVED A DEEP LACERATION ON THE BACK OF HIS LEFT HAND.
THE EMPLOYER ALLEGES THAT HE WAS OVER CUTTING A BELT WHEN ANOTHER EMPLOYEE GAVE REVERSE TO THE VAN WITHOUT KNOWING THAT THE EMPLOYEE,ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS THERE,PROVOKING THEN A WOUND ON INJURE D'S BACK WITH THE VAN.
THE EMPLOYEE ALLEGES HE WAS CHECKING A ROLLER OF ONE OF THE BELTS WHEN HE SLID FROM WHERE HE WAS STANDING GETTING HIS RIGHT HAND STUCK IN THE ROLLER.
AN EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A LOADER.A WHEEL OF THE LOADER RAN OVER A PIPE LYING ON THE GROUND.THE PIPE THEN HIT THE VICTIM ON THE CALF OF THE RIGHT LEG.ON IMPACT HE LOST BALANCE AND FELL BACKWA RDS HITTING HIS HEAD ON THE GROUND.
THE WORKER ALLEGES A PAIN IN HIS WAIST AFTER RETURNING FROM A TRIP WHCIH HE WAS DRIVING A TRUCK.
WORKER WAS HOLD3NG A PIECE OF PIPE WHICH BECAME LODGED IN ONE OF THE ROLLERS OF A MOVING CONVEYOR. AS THE PIPE MOVED IT PINCHED HIS HAND AGAINST THE SUPPORT STRUCTURE
WORKER WAS TRYI3G TO OPEN A HYDRAULIC VALVE WITH A PIPE. THE CONVEYOR BELT TOUCHED THE PIPE PINCHING THE TIPS OF HIS FINGERS.
MINER WAS WORKING UNDER CONVEYOR BELT REMOVING CLINKER FROM FLOOR. WHEN HE WAS MOVING THE BUCKET LEVEL OPERATOR BACKWARDS THE ROTATING MOTION PERMITTED HIS THUMB TO G ET CAUGHT BETWEEN THE CO NVEYOR BELT SUPPORTING ABGLE & THE LOADER BUCKET LEVER OPERATOR.