EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING RUBBER CONVEYOR BELTING WITH RAZOR KNIFE, KNIFE SLIPPED OFF MATERIAL AND PUNCTURED EMPLOYEE'S LEG (RT) AT KNEE. NO STICHES WERE REQUIRED, BUT LEG BECAME SWOLLEN AND HE WEN T TO DR. AND WAS TOLD TO STAY HOME.
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May 25, 1993
PA · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Adams County Asphalt Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
April 8, 1993
PA · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Adams County Asphalt Company · Struck by falling object
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING WITH 24" PIPE WRENCH DIS CONNECTING TWO PIPES WHEN HE DROPPED WRENCH ON RIGHT HAND INDEX FINGER WAS NOT CUT OR OPEN JUSTSOME SWELLING AND DISCOMFORT UNTIL 4-22-93 HE HAD DISCOMFORT AND WANTED TO GO TO MEDICAL CTR TO HAVE CHECKED. RETURNED TO WORK UNTIL 4-26-93 HE TOLD TO CUT HIS FINGER OPEN AND HE WOULD BE OFF 2 WKS.
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