Employees were rotating the blow bars in the HSI. This requires hitting with blow bar wedges to loosen them up to remove the blow bar. While hitting the blow bar wedges with a hammer, the wedge came loose and hit injured employee's left middle finger and nail.
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Showing all 7EE was using a bar to rotate conveyor belt. Bar slipped, EE stumbled and felt EE's knee pop. EE moved aside, within a minute or two, EE indicated to other employees EE might pass out. EE did pass out for 15-30 seconds. Other employees caught EE before EE fell. EE was taken to Emergency Room. Diagnosed with a sprained knee.
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Walking along pipeline when right knee dislocated.
Shoveling under conveyors & over-exerted self.
Buffing crusher parts before reinstalling back together.