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EMPLOYEE HAD FINISHED CLEANING OUT CHUTE AND WAS CLIMBING ONTO CONVEYOR BELT TO GET DOWN. EMPLOYEE THINKS BELT WAS STARTED UP BY ANOTHER EMPLOYEE, TENDING BELT. OTHER EMPLOYEE SAYS HE DID NO OT START UP BELT. NO OTHER WITNESSES. BELT POSSIBLE MOVED UNDER WEIGHT OF EMPLOYEE AND HE FEELL BACK INTO CHUTE.
TIGHTENING BOLT3ON JACK WITH WRENCH.WRENCH SLIPPED AND EMPLOYEES HAND GOT APIECE OF STEEL IN IT.
EMPLOYEE DOES N2T KNOW HOW THE ACCDIENT OCCURRED. HE STATES THAT HE CLIMBED A LADDER AND AFTERWARDS, WHILE WALKING ABOUT THE PLANT AREA, HIS FOOT STARTED HURTING.
LARGE PIECE OF 5OG CAUGHT BETWEEN CONVEYOR BELT AND CRUSHER WHILE TRYING TO PULL LOOSE PULLED MUSCLE IN RIGHT SHOULDER AND NECK
EMP WAS REMOVIN1 AIR PRESSURE RESERVIOR DRAIN PLUG. WHEN HE REMOVED THE PLUG AIR PRESSURE IN THE VESSEL CAUSED A LOT OF FOREIGN MATTER TO SHOOT OUT OF THE HOLE AND HIT HIM IN BACK OF LEFT HAN D. HE HAD MULTI1LE LACERATIONS ON THE LEFT HAND WITH A BLACK FOREIGN BODY UNDER EACH SKIN FLAP
EMPLOYEE WORKED ALL DAY AS LABORER ASSISTING WELDER AT END OF SHIFT HE WENT HOME DURING THE NIGHT HIS EYES BOTHERED HIM HE WENT TO EMERGENCY HOSPITAL AND WAS TOLD HE HAD AN ARC WELDER FLASH TO EYES