INJURED WAS CLEANING AROUND TAIL PULLEY OF INCLINE CONVEYOR BELT IN FEED PREP ROOM WHEN HIS ARM BECAME ENTANGLED IN THE TAIL PULLEY. INJURED FAILED TO FOLLOW ESTABLISHED LOCK OUT PROCEDURES, H AD NOT DE-ENERGIZED EQUIPMENT PRIOR TO CLEANING AND TAIL PULLEY GUARD HAD BEEN REMOVED.
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Showing all 5THE EE WAS OPERATING A FRONT END LOADER ILN THE PREP ROOM WHEN HE FELT A BURNING SENSATION IN HIS EYE. [INJURED WAS WEARING FULL-FACEAD RESPIRATOR AT THE TIME.]
THE EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO DUMP A HOPPER THE HOPPER DID NOT GO ALL THE WAY OVER AND WHEN IT ROCKED BACK IT PUT WEIGHT ON HIS ARM PULLING A MUSCLE LEFT SHOULDER.
WHILE REMOVING PLASTIC COVERING FROM A LOAD OF SOLID WASTE FUEL INJURED KNEE WAS PINNED BETWEEN LOADER AND CONCRETE WALL. LOADER WAS BEING OPERATED BY ANOTHER EE.
WHILE USING A SCRAPER TO BREAK UP CHUNKS RESTRICTING SOLID FEED TO AUGER INJURED SUFFERED A REPETITIVE MOTION INJURY TO HIS RIGHT HAND.