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WIND BLEW DEBRIS IN THE LEFT EYE OF THE EMPLOYEE
Conveyor stopped running & mat'l was piling up on the conveyor. LOTO was applied. The employee started cleaning the area where the belt wraps around the pulley with a screwdriver as we tried cleaning underneath it on the opposite side. Once the material was removed the conveyor rolled backwards & rolled his hand with the screwdriver around the pulley.
EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING OFF OF MECHANICS TRUCK AND MISSED THE STEP FALLING ON HIS RIGHT ARM. FRACTURE RADIAL HEAD
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING INSTALL CUTTING EDGES ON BULLDOZER, BOLT SPUN IN HIS HAND AND LACERATED THE PALM OF HIS RIGHT HAND.
CONVEYOR STOPPED ALLOWING TAIL PULLEY TO GET BURIED BY OVER FLOW MATERIAL. THE EMPLOYEE LOCK OUT THE PANEL, REMOVED THE GUARD TO ACCESS AREA AND PROCEEDED TO CLEAR MATERIAL. ENOUGH MATERIAL WAS CLEARED OUT WHICH ALLOWED THE BELT TO SHIFT CAUSING HIS ARM TO GET PULLED INTO TAIL PULLEY.
EMPLOYEE WAS ADJUSTING STACKER BELT, A ROCK BOUNCED OFF OF CATCH BOX AND FELL ON TOP OF EMPLOYEE'S FOOT