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USING MACHETE TO CLEAR BRUSH, MACHETE CAUSED 5CMLACERATION TO RIGHT FOREARM. RECEIVED 14 STITCHES IN LOWER RIGHT ARM.
HE WAS CUTTING BANDS FROM A PALLET OF JUGS KNIFE SLIPPED & CUT HIS RT FOREARM LACERATION REQUIRED SUTURES
RELOCATING A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT AND PUTTING PIPING BACK IN.
RELOCATING A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT & PUTTING PIPING BACK IN.
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING OPEN BOX CUT HAND WITH BOX CUTTER
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A UTILITY KNIFE TO CUT OPEN 30# BAGS OF LITTER IN ORDER TO RECLAIM THE PRODUCT. HE WAS CUTTING TOWARD HIS BODY WITH KNIFE AND CAME IN CONTACT WITH HIS LEG. HE RECEIVED A L ACERATION APPROX. 1" IN LENGTH. THE LACERATION REQUIRED 3 SUTURES.
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING BANDS FROM BUNDLE OF JUGS USING A POCKET KNIFE. THE FORCE USED TO CUT BAND CAUSED THE KNIFE TO COME UP STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE ABOVE RIGHT EYE CAUSING LACERATION REQUIRING 2 STITCHES.
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS CUYTTING A STRAP ON A PALLET OF CARDBOARD WITH A POCKET KNIFE WHEN HE POKED THE KNIFE IN HIS LEFT FOREARM CAUSING A PUNCTURE TYPE WOUND. EMPLOYEE IS A DIABETIC. THE WO UND REQUIRED 2 SMALL STITCHES ONLY, BUT EMPLOYEE WAS SENT TO ER DUE TO RISK OF INFECTION BECAUSE OF MEDICAL CONDITION. EMPLOYEE WAS GIVEN ANTIBIOTIC.
HEMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS USING A PRY BAR TRYING TO FREE BAGS ON PALLETIZER WHEN HE FELT HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN LEFT SIDE OF CHEST EMPLOYEE REPORTED ACCIDENT TO SUPERVISOR ON 01-18-93 BUT DID NOT REPORT HE SOUGHT MEDICAL TREATMENT UNTIL 01-2 593 WHEN A BILL WAS RECEIVED & HE WAS QUESTIONED
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON BENTONITE UNLOAD STATION WHEN THE TRANSFER VALVE ON THE PRESSURIZED TANK STUCK. EMPLOYEE TRIED TO MANUALLY DISENGAGE THE VALVE WITH A SCREWDRIVER CAUSING PRESSURE TO RE LEASE BLOWING BENTONITE INTO EYES.
INJURED WAS ATTEMPTING TO UNLOCK A BULK-HEAD DOOR INSIDE A RAIL CAR BY USING A HAMMER AND BAR. A PIECE OF METAL INSIDE THE DOOR HOUSING BEING STRUCK BY THE HAMMER PINCHED HIS THUMB AGAINST TH E DOOR. THE DOOR LOCK WAS JAMMED INTO THE CLOSED POSITION AND FORCED WAS BEING USED (HAMMER) TO OEN THE DOOR LOCK. FINGER WAS BRUISED.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A UTILITY KNIFE TO CUT PLASTIC BANDING FROM PALLETS OF RAW MATERIAL. THE EMPLOYEE WAS USING A CUTTING MOTION TOWARDS HIS BODY. THE UTILITY KNIFE HAD ENOUGH PRESSURE BEHIND I T THAT WHEN IT CUT THROUGH THE BAND, IT CAME ACROSS TO THE EMPLOYEE'S LEFT ARM AND CUT A SMALL CUT.
EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO FREE THE CLAMPS ON THE AUTO STRETCH WRAP MACHINE WITH A SCREWDRIVER. EE WAS NOT AUTHORIZED TO DO THIS JOB EE DID NOT TURN OFF THE AIR SUPPLY TO THE PNEUMATIC CLAMSP AND WH EN HE OPENED THEM, THEY CLAMPED ONTO HIS HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO FORCE A HOPPER DOOR SHUT WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER WHEN THE DOOR WAS LATCHED.