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EE WAS USING A TORCH TO CUT OUT PART OF A HAMMER AT CRUSHER. HOT METAL POOLED AND SPRAYED OVER CHEST, BACK, AND UNDER CUTTING GOGGLES. HOT SLAG BURNED INTO SKIN.
EMPLOYEE WAS GRINDING WITH A 7" HAND GRINDER ON METAL IN A VISE. THE GRINDER KICKED AND THE DISC HIT THE BACK OF HIS HAND.
CHIPPING WELD ON HANGER IN ROTARY KILN USING PNEUMATIC CHIPPING GUN. PIECE OF SLAG FROM CHIPPING OPERATION LODGED IN RIGHT EYE (EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES WITH SIDE SHIELDS).
BLOWING AIR ON PLATFORM LIFT DECK TO CLEAN OFF. SOMETHING BLEW INTO RIGHT EYE AROUND LENS OF ORDINARY SAFETY GLASSES.
GRINDING SLAG OFF TONGUE OF WATER WAGON AND A PIECE OF SLAG GOT IN UNDER HIS EYE GLASSES INTO HIS RIGHT EYE.
INJURED WAS WELDING- RECEIVED FLASH BURNS TO BOTH EYES.
CLEANING HARDENED MATERIAL FROM HANGERS USING PAVING BREAKER
HAD ON SAFETY GLASSES WITH SHIELD WHEN GRINDING DUST LANDED IN EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS PREPARING TO REPLACE DRIVE BELTS ON DUST COLLECTOR FAN HE SHUT OFF THE FAN LOCKED IT OUT AND REMOVED THE GUARD THE FAN WAS STILL TURNING WHEN HE TOUCHED THE BELTS AND CAUGHT HIS FINGERS IN THE BELT PULLEY
TWO EMPLOYEES WERE CLEANING PREHEATER RISER WITH WATER BLASTER. THEY WERE IN THE PROCESS OF MIVING BLASTER TO A HIGHER CLEAN-OUT PORT AT LEVEL WORKING. ONE EMPLOYEE WAS GUIDING END OF BLASTER INTO PORT AND OTHER EMPLOYEE HAD HOLD OF OPERATING END. THE BLASTER TWISTED ON THEM AND TRIGGER WAS ACCIDENTALLY HIT, SETTING OFF BLASTER. RESULTING IN AN INJECTION INJURY TO RIGHT HAND AND W
HOLDING GRINDER3WITH ONE HAND AND GRINDER SLIPPED OFF SHAFT INTO INDEX FINGER OF LEFT HAND.
EMP WAS GRINDING THE CENTER PLATE FOR THE LOESCHE MILL TABLE HE TURNED LOOSE OF ONE OF THE HNADLES OF THE GRINDER BEFORE IT STOPPED RUNNING IT SLID STRIKING HIS LEFT WRIST
EMPL WELDING SIDE BY SIDE AND EMPL GOT IN LINE WITH OTHER WELDING ARC,CAUSING FLASH TO LEFT EYE.