Employee was pushing a steel belt bar into a roll of belt with left foot when they experienced pain in left calf. The injury resulted in a tear to their Achilles tendon.
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Showing all 4Employee was assisting with unrolling conveyor belt when at the end of the roll the chain holding it came loose allowing the bar to fall and strike EE's left hand resulting in a laceration. The injury resulted in 13 sutures.
Employee was tightening the compression ring on a bearing with a co-worker. The co-worker was using a punch hammer and sledge hammer when a piece of metal broke off of the punch hammer and went into the injured employee's left arm.
Security Guard was checking the site on foot and tripped falling face first to the ground.