Employee was at ground level on the dirt. Employee lost footing/balance, and while falling grabbed a metal beam with a sharp edge. This caused a laceration on employee's left index finger. The laceration required six stitches.
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Showing all 2Employee was conducting maintenance on screen underbelt pulley, to replace the pulley belts. EE stood on the sand stacker tail pulley cage (adjacent to and under the screen underbelt), to remove the guard covering the pulley belt. EE lost footing, and fell. As EE fell, EE's left hand, ring finger tip caught in the mesh of the guard, and was amputated.