TURNING SWITCH ON BOX, CAUGHT R THUMB IN LATCH
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Showing all 3EMPLOYEE ALLEGES HE WAS CHECKING RADIATOR CAP ON JAWS OF MACHINE-REACHED OVER TO TIGHTEN THE CAP AND CAP OFF STEAM BURNED LEFT SIDE OF FAE,NECK ARM AND CHEST.
HE WAS HELPING CLEANUP TRASH AT CHEMICAL PIT AREA. WHILE BENT OVER, A FELLOW EMPLOYEE MOVED SOME ADJACENT TRASH ON WHICH RESTED A PIECE OF PIPE THAT WAS LEANING AGAINST THE ADJACENT TOOL HOUSE . THE MOVEMENT OF THE TRASH RESULTED IN THE PIPE FALLING AND STRUCK INJURED ON THE LOWER BACK AREA. RESULT WAS LUMBAR MUSCULAR STRAIN.