LEADS OF A BATTERY CHARGER WERE BEING HOOKED TO A BATTERY THAT HAD BEEN BEING CHARGED AND SPARK WAS CREATED CAUSING THE HYDROGEN GAS CREATED BY THE CHARGING TO IGNITE AND BLOW UP IN THE EE S F ACE. HE RECEIVED CUTTS AND ABBRASIONS ON THE FACE FROM THE BATTERY CASING. HE WAS UNABLE TO REPORT FOR WORK THE NEXT DAY.
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Mc Adam Limestone Products Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
February 3, 1991
KS · Metal/Non-Metal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
ELECTRICAL
Mc Adam Limestone Products Inc · Flash burns (welding)
WIRING SECONDARY PLANT ATTEMPTED TO ENGAGE DISCONNECT BOX IT ARCED AND HIS RIGHT AND REC 2ND DEGREE BURNS FLASH HURT HIS EYES BUT THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THEM
July 22, 1989
KS · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
ELECTRICAL
Mc Adam Limestone Products Inc · Flash burns (electric)
EMPL WAS REPLACING A BLOWN FUSE THENEW FUSE BURST AND HE RECEIVED BURNS ON HIS R HAND
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