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EE WAS REPLACING BROKEN CHAIN ON ROD MILL. WHILE EXTRACTING THE OLD CHAIN WITH A PNEUMATIC CHAIN HOIST, THE BLOCK/HOOK ASSEMBLY SLIPPED OFF THE BMR CHAIN, CAME BACK AND STRUCK THE EE BETWEEN T HE EYES.
LYING ON BACK IN CULM FEEDER CHIPPING SLAG FROM WELD. PICE OF SLAG BOUNCED BEHIND WELDING HELMUT AND SAFETY GLASSES INTO RIGHT EYE.
WHILE CLEANING IDLERS ON CONVEYOR EMPLOYEE MISSED IDLER WITH SLEDGE HAMMER AND HIT LEFT HAND.
WHIEL CLEANING ASH CONDITIONER PADDLES SMALL SLEDGE HAMMER HANDLE BROKE AND WORKER WRIST HIT THE PATLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEARING A BLOCKED CHUTE BY HITTING IT WITH A HAMMER. HAMMER HANDLE REVERBERATED AND INJURED RIGHT HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS LEANING OVER CLEANING A PLUG ON A CHUTE WITH A SCRAPER LUMP BROKE LOSSE CAUSING SUDDEN MOVEMENT OF MACHINE WHICH CAUSED BACK SPRAIN
INJ WALKING PAST A WORK AREA WHERE EMPL PERFORMING REPAIRS TO A BROKEN CHAIN DRIVE OF A CRUSHER. THESE REPAIRS REQUIRE DRIVING OUT CHAIN LINK PINS WITH A HAMMER. ONE BLOW CAUSED A METAL FRAGME NT TO CHIP FROM THE CHAIN LINK AND BECOME AIRBORNE STRIKING SUBJ IN THE NOSE JUST ALONGSIDE SAFETY GLASSES AND BECAME EMBEDDED UNDER THE SKIN.