Cemex de Puerto Rico · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING BETWEEN CEMENT MILLS 11 AND12 WHEN CEMENT DUST FROM AN UNKNOW PLACE FELL INTO HIS LEFT EYE CAUSING IRRITATION AND REDNESS.
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January 25, 2002
PR · Metal/Non-Metal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Cemex de Puerto Rico · Struck by falling object
EE WAS INSPECTING BRICK REPAIR WORK IN KILN #6. SUDDENLY A PIECE OF CLINKER COATING FELL ON HIS BACK CAUSING HIM A CONTUSION.
August 3, 1999
PR · Metal/Non-Metal
prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor
FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Cemex de Puerto Rico · Struck by falling object
EE WAS INSPECTING REPAIR WORK IN KILN #6 CLINKERCOOLER. WHEN A PIECE OF BRICK FELL FROM A SCAFFOLD PLATFORM, LOCATED AT KILN#6 HOOD, STRIKING HIM ON THE BACK OF HIS HEAD CAUSING AN OPEN WOUND
Cemex de Puerto Rico · Struck by falling object
HE CLAIMS HE WA8 WELDING A STEEL PLATE TO THE WALL OF HAMMERMILL, AND WHILE HE WAS GIVING THE STEEL HELMET AND THE WELDING MASK TO ANOTHER EMPLOYEE SO THAT HE COULD CONTINUE THE WELDING, A STO NE FELL DOWN FR2M THE TOP OF THE HAMMERMILL. THE STONE HIT HIS HEAD CAUSING PAINS IN THE HEAD, NECK, AND SUPERIOR PART OF THE SHOULDERS, BACK AND CHEST.
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