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Employee was cleaning under Belt 111 in Crushing. EE was bent or crouched over to access the area under the belt. When EE stood up, EE lost EE's balance and fell into a section of angle iron support, striking EE's head on the angle iron, causing a laceration on EE's head.
Team member was clearing a bag jam on the palletizer in plant 1 packaging line. When lifting a 25KG bag off the conveyor the employee allegedly felt discomfort in the front part of EE's right shoulder.
Pulling dump truck out of tailing shed. Got out to make sure the tailgate was latched. As EE walked to the rear of the truck EE's feet slipped out from under EE on the icy surface. When EE fell EE landed on EE's left shoulder.
Maintenance employee directed the mixer operator to stand on a ladder and see if the valve was opening all the way prior to reassembling the pipe. Mixer operator put their middle finger into the pipe opening. The valve closed on the tip of the finger. The impact caused an avulsion of the workers left hand middle fingertip.
Employee had a reportable hearing loss in EE's right ear.
Employee was shoveling approximately .5 inches of snow off of sidewalk. As EE turned to throw a scoop of snow to the side, EE felt pain in EE's lower back and dropped to EE's knees. Doctor labeled lower back injury as either a pulled muscle or pinched nerve.
Employee tripped while walking up a staircase. While attempting to catch themselves, they jammed a thumb, which proceeded to swell, be painful the following day.