material was stuck to apron screen deck that drops into the cone. Employee was cleaning the material off with bar, swung bar too far in to get to the back corner and got top of tampering bar too close to overhead conveyor belt. Bar was grabbed by belt and pulled in, thumb was pinched between bar and cross member and resulting in the tip of the thumb being pulled off.
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May 18, 2016
WY · Metal/Non-Metal
belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor
POWERED HAULAGE
Laramie County Public Works · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
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