WHILE USING HAMMER (20# SLEDGE) TO UNBLOCK KILN, FINGER IN BETWEEN HAMMER AND MATERIAL (BLOCKED LIME)
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Showing all 10EMPLOYEE WAS DISASSEMBLING MAXI BRAKE CHAMBER TO REPLACE BAD DIAPHRAM WHEN SPRING LOADED ROD CAME OUT AND HIT EMPLOYEE IN RIGHT HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPENING DOOR TO #6 KILN USING A LONG BAR WORKING AT KILN DOOR OPENED-ROCKS FELL CAUSING BLAST OF HOT AIR TO EXIT DOOR 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO LEFT WRIST
WHILE SHOVELING RAW LIME TO REMOVE FROM PIT,HYDRATED LIME WENT THRU GLOVES RUBBING OF GLOVES LIME WENT THRU TO SKIN ON RIGHT WRIST,0.5 CENTIMETER ULCER.
CLEANING SLUDGE OUT OF OIL SUMP WITH HOE CONTINUOUS MOTION PLACED STRAIN ON WRIST.
THE INJURED WAS SHOVELING STONE OUT OF AN ELEVATOR PIT AT PLS PLANT-WHILE SHOVELING HE JAMMED HIS PALM WITH THE SHOVEL HANDLE.
EMPLOYEE REMOVING STRUT ARM BUSHINGS ON PICK UP TRUCK WITH WRENCH PULLING ON WRENCH TO REMOVE STRUT ARM BUSING PULLED MUSCLE IN RIGHT SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING WITH SHOVEL IN CRUSHER AND FELL IN HOLE INJURED RIGHT UPPER LEG HIP AREA.
EMPLOYEE HOLDING POST BAR AND ATTEMTING TO HIT WITH HAMMER THE BAR WAS MISSED AND EMPLOYEES RIGHT THUMB WAS HIT. ATTEMPTING TO CLEAR 51/2 FT. CONE CRUSHER JAMMED WITH STONE.
EMPLOYEE WAS PE9SPIRING HEAVILY DUE TO HEATR.SAFETY GLASSES SLID TO TIP OF NOSE.EMPLOYEE STRUCK BOLT ATTEMPTING TO SPLIT IT WITH A HAMMER AND CHISEL.A PIECE OF STEEL STUCK AND BECAME IMBEDDED IN RIGHT EYE. 3