Alden Portable Plant #2Metal/Nonmetal

Employee contacted neck with adjusting bolt on mounting plate while placing a motor on a motor mount. Employee received two stitches.

EE bent down to lift up on one end of a wooden pallet to slide it under some electrical cords. Just as the EE lifted one end of the pallet off the ground, EE felt a pulling/snapping sensation in the upper left arm that caused EE severe pain. EE was forced to stop the task and ask for assistance. Conditions at the time were dry, sunny, and cool.

Employee was cutting dielectric matting with a utility knife. The knife slipped and cut EE's wrist right above EE's glove requiring stitches.

Employee was ducking under a conveyor to walk from one side to the other. He came up short of the clearance and hit his right ear on a crossbar causing a laceration to his ear requiring stitches.

EE HAD REMOVED AIR CONDITIONING FAN UNIT TO REPLACE A WIRE TO THE FAN SWITCH. AFTER THE WIRE WAS FIXED THE EE PUT HIS HAND UP BY FAN TO SEE IF IT WAS RUNNING. IT WAS! EE CUT THE TIP OF HIS LT. MIDDLE FINGER REQUIRING 6 STITCHES TO CLOSE.

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING A COUNTER WEIGHT OFF OF A GEAR. WHEN THE COUNTERWEIGHT SLID FREE, IT WAS TOO HEAVY FOR THE EMPLOYEE. HE DROPPED THE COUNTERWEIGHT AND CAUGHT HIS HAND BETWEEN THE COUNTER WEIGHT AND CATWALK AROUND A SCREEN BOX. DESPITE THE WEARING OF GLOVES, THIS EMPLOYEE RECEIVED A LACERATION REQUIRING STITCHES ON HIS LEFT HAND.

EE WAS REACHING INTO A CUPBOARD UNDERNEATH A STOVE TO RETRIEVE SOME PAPERWORK. SHE CUT HER RIGHTINDEX FINGER ON THE 2ND JOINT & RECD STITCHES TO CLOSE THE WOUND. SHE WAS CUT BY A SHARP STEEL PLATE FROM THE STOVE TOP

EE WAS CHANGING BELTS ON SECONDARY CRUSHER. BEARING SPACER BLOCK WAS BEING PUT IN PLACE WHEN IT SLIPPED OUT OF EE S HAND AND PINCHED THE TIP OF HIS FINGER BETWEEN BLOCK AND FRAME. ALTHROUGHT E E WAS WEARING GLOVES THE RESULTING LACERATION CAUSED THE NEED FOR 3 STITCHES TO CLOSE THE WOUND.