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EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO BEND A BAR BY WEDGING IT BETWEEN 2 STATIONARY OBJECTS. THE BAR BENT SOME AND THEN THE BAR SLIPPED AND HIT HIM IN THE FACE. RIGHT SIDE OF UPPER EYE.
TWO EES WERE REMOVING LINER BOLTS FROM AN FLS BALL MILL WITH A HAMMER AND PUNCH. HAMMER WAS DEFLECTED BY AN ADJACENT HAND RAIL. INJURED WAS STRUCK BY HAMMER ON TIP OF RH MIDDLE FINGER REQUIRIN G APPROXIMATELY 20 STITCHES.
HE WAS TRYING TO SAW A BLOCK OF WOOD TO PROP UP A PRINTER HOOD. THE SAW SLIPPED AND LACERATED HIS THUMB.
EE WAS SWINGING SLEDGE HAMMER, FAILED TO CONNECT WITH TARGET AND OVEREXTENDED LEFT WRIST RESULTING IN A SPRAIN.
WHILE CHANGING OUT BELT CLIP, EMPLOYEE USED A HAMMER AS A BACKING AND HIT CLIP WITH OTHER HAMMER, CAUSING SOMETHING TO FLY AND STRIKE HIS LEFT EYE.
EE WAS REPAIRING PUMP. THE HANDLE ON RUBBER HAMMER HE WAS USING TWISTED. THIS RESULTED IN HIS FINGER BEING PINCHED ON A PIECE OF METAL. RIPPED OFF NAIL OF LEFT MIDDLE FINGER AND CUT TO BONE.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING BAR AND SLEDGE HAMMER TO REMOVE BUILD-UP FROM ISNIDE A PREHEATER VESSEL. HAMMER HIT BAR A GLANCING BLOW RESULTING IN FINGER BEING PINCHED BETWEEN HAMMER HANDLE AND AIR BLAS TER.
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING GRINDING BALLS FROM BALL MILL SCREENS USING A PRY BAR AND HAMMER. HE WAS STRUCK IN LEFT EYE BY BALL WHEN HE HIT IT WITH HAMMER. FROM ALL INDICATIONS, HE WAS NOT WEARING PPE (SAFETY GLASSES OR GOGGLES).
EE WAS REMOVING SHIMS FROM A WOODEN CONTAINER CUT HIS FINGER ON LOOSE S41M.
EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A ROCK THAT WAS LODGED BETWEEN THE DUAL WHEELS ON THE MACK WATER TRUCK. HE FIRST USED A PRY BAR TO TRY TO REMOVE THE ROCK AND WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. HE THEN TRIED TO BRE AK THE ROCK WITH A HAMMER. THE TIRE BLEW WHEN HE STRUCK THE ROCK WITH THE HAMMER AND IT THREW THE HAMMER OUT OF HIS HAND AND SENT HIM HURTLING APPROX 8'. BREAKING HIS THUMB, REQUIRING SURGERY
EE WENT TO CLEAN CHUTE THAT STOPPED UP AT 610 PLANT EE WAS USING A BAR (METAL BAR APPROX 6'LONG APPROX 15LBS IN WT ONE END IS FLATTENEND SPAD TO&OTHER IS TAMPING END)TO CLEAN HOLE. UPON COMPLE TION HE PUT BAR DOWN WITH SPADE END DOWN WITH R IGHT HAND AS HE LET GO BAR SLID THRU BARGRATING FLOOR BEFORE STOPPING THE BAR CAUGHT RIGHT PINKLFINGER AGAINST HANDRAIL CUTTING SKIN
EMPLOYEE WAS SETTING A COMPRESSOR MOTOR, MOTOR BECAME HUNG UP ON DOWEL PIN, EMPLOYEE USED A PAIR OF CHANNEL LOCKS AS A PRY BAR, MOTOR FREED ITSELF WHILE EMPLOYEE PRYED IT AND DROPPED DOWN, CA TCHING HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN BASE AND CHANNEL LOCKS.
EE WAS WORKING TO DISLODGE LUMPS IN WEIGH FEEDER ROTARY VALVE DOGLEG FROM WHICH GYPSUM IS DISCHARGED. UPON OPENING AN 8" INSPECTION PORT, HE OBSERVED SEVERAL LUMPS CHOCKING ROTARY VALVE INLET. EE USED A BAR TO DISLODGE LUMPS WHEN THE SILO FLUSHED CAUSING MATERIAL TO ENGULF EMPLOYEE.
EE WAS USING METAL BAR TO OPEN AND CLOSE RAIL CAR DOORS. BAR SLIPPED STRIKING EE ABOVE LEFT EYEBROW. CUT REQUIRED 3 TO 4 STITCHES. EE RETURNED TO WORK.
EMPLOYEE WAS TAPPING LINERS IN #2 FINISH MILL TO LINE THEM UP WHEN A PIECE BROKE OFF AND PUNCTURED RIGHT CHEEK. STITCHES 2.
EE SMASHED HIS THUMB WHILE TRYING TO BUST UP A LUMP IN THE ROCK HOPPER, WITH HIS HAMMER.