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EE while working with Task Trainer stated EE saw trainer walk to the panel and assumed trainer had shut down the dryer. EE then reached in to adjust bolts on the rotary valve and 2 of EE's finger tips were sliced.
Forklift operator was loading a van. Loader's co-worker was supervising the load & truck driver was inside cab. Operator was loading the last pallet when the driver attempted to pull forward causing forklift with operator to wedge between dock & van. Operator was wearing PPE & the van was chalked.
EE was using a razor blade to cut crown bar rubber during the installation of a new bagging system. Razor blade slipped and cut his right leg (about an inch wide and inch deep).
Employee tried to grease a bearing while the machine was still running. He has been trained on how to operate this piece of equipment and knew that it was NECESSARY to turn the machine OFF BEFORE any maintenance was to be done. As a result, he slipped and broke his finger.
While working on a maintenance project, EE was drilling a small pilot hole to attach a cover to the oversize conveyor on the Red Screening Plant when a piece of metal became airborne and struck EE in the right eye. PPE was and is provided and readily available but EE was not utilizing it at the time.
EE WAS WORKING IN THE NEW CONSTRUCTION AREA OF THE PROCESSING PLANT WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL OFFA LADDER. ALTHOUGH "SPOTTERS" OR LADDER HOLDERS ARE AVAILABLE, HE OPTED NOT TO TELL ANYONE HE WA S GOING UP THE LADDER. THE DOCTOR SAID HE HAD A "BRUISED BUTTOCK" AND WOULD BE O.K. AFTER A SHORT TIME.