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Employee was moving stacked cathodes on a chain conveyor, using a vertical bar braced by the conveyor frame as a stop and using the conveyor in reverse to attempt to re align a skewed stack of cathodes - the top of the middle finger on left hand was caught between the bar and the stack of cathodes. The top of the finger was de-gloved, the tip of the finger was amputated.
Employee was driving down haul road when his truck started gaining speed and the employee was unable to gain control of the truck causing him to hit the berm and became airborne - the truck impacted the bench below causing the truck to bounce and spin to the right resting on its tires.
Employee was being loaded with material when a boulder hit the windshield jarring the employee.
HUMAN FACTOR POSSIBLE MEDICAL EPISODE