EMPLOYEE WAS ADJUSTING BELT ON CONVEYOR. HE STUCK SHOVEL IN CONVEYOR TO MOVE BELT TOONE SIDE. SHOVEL WAS SUCKED INTO TAIL PULLEY, WIPPING AROUNDAND HITTING HIM IN THE FACE, THIS RESULTING IN E MPLOYEE FALLING 6' TO THE GROUND. CONVEYOR WAS AN OVERHEAD PULLEY REQUIRING NO GUARDS.
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Showing all 3WHILE DOING WALK AROUND AT BEGINNING OF SHIFT EENOTICED A BELT WAS JUMPING AT A ROOLER. HE GRABBED A SHOVEL TO CLEAN ROLLER AND THE SHOVEL CAUGHT BETWEEN ROLLER AND BELT. HE TRIED TO PULL SHOV EL OUT. AND THAT PULLED HIS THUMB INTO THE ROLLER AND BELT THE TIP OF THE THUMB WAS CUT OFF.
85049D NOT KNOW HOW INJURY OCCURRED. HE WAS IN HIS HAUL TRUCK ALL MORNING, DID NOT LIFT ANYTHING AND WAS SITTING IN SEAT ALL MORNING. BACK PROBLEM.