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USED FEET TO PUSH ON BAR THAT WAS ATTACHED TO A JACK FELL TO GROUND. INJURING HIS BACK. WHILE RESETTING PLANT.
PLANT OPERATOR 9EACHED INTO CONVEYOR TO WIPE MOISTURE FROM MOVING BOLT. HE HAD A WIPING CLOTH IN HIS HAND WHICH NO DOUBT PULLED HIS HAND INTO HEAD DRUM, SEVERING ARM BETWEEN HAND AND ELBOW
HE HAD FAILED TO RELEASE THE END-GATE LATCH WITH THE BOX IN THE DOWN POSITION & HAD RAISED THE BOX WITH A LOAD ON IT & THEN CRAWLED INTO THE BOX TO ATTEMPT TO RELEASE THE LATCH, HE FELL TO THE GROUND IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO RELEASE IT. WHEN HE FELL HE FELL ON HIS BOTTOM & TRIED TO CATCH HIS FALL WITH HIS ARM. IN THE PROCESS HE BROKE HIS LEFT RADIUS RIGHT TIBIA, FRACTURED HIS ST