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December 3, 2015 UT · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Materion Natural Resources · Struck by rolling or sliding object

Changing a broken strut on a Cat 775 haul truck, keeper bolts had sheared off and strut slid out striking employee on the right side and left leg.

March 30, 2012 UT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Materion Natural Resources · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was grinding a 1/2" piece of metal. The metal was clamped in a vice. The grinder bound up or caught on something causing it to jump back, hitting the employee on the left wrist resulting in a laceration.

January 5, 2011 UT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Materion Natural Resources · Struck by flying object

Cutting 1" channel off of the top of the portable impact crusher hood.

May 13, 2008 UT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Materion Natural Resources · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was removing plates from CHX-1 (carbonate heat exchanger) with a pneumatic impact wrench. The wrench slipped & he tried to catch it with his free hand. A retaining wire on the socket caught his hand causing lacerations to right palm. He was taken to local hospital where he received 8 stitches.

August 29, 2002 UT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Materion Natural Resources · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS SHEARING A PIECE OF 1/4 INCH STAINLESS STEEL PLATE FOR THE LAB. AS HE WAS SHEARING OFF A CORNER OF THE PLATE, THE FOOT ON THE SHEAR MACHINE CAME DOWN TO HOLD THE PLATE. HIS RIGHT THUMB WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE FOOT AND THE PLATE, AMPUTATING THE TIP OF HIS RIGHT THUMB APPROXIMATELY 1/2-3/4 INCHES.

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