EE STATES RODS FELL AND CAUGHT ROD CLAMPS, FOOT PEDAL RELEASE, CAUSING PEDAL TO GO BACK IN UPWARD POSITION WITH EXTREME FORCE.
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Showing all 18EE STATED HE WAS GRINDING METAL, WHEN DEBRIS FLEW INTO HIS LT LOWER LEG CAUSING A LACERATION AND A CONTUSION.
WHILE OPERATING BLADE, EE DIRECTED HIS ATTENTIONAWAY FROM THE DIRECTION OF TRAVEL. DURING THIS BRIEF PERIOD OF TIME, THE EQUIPMENT STRUCK AN EMBANKMENT, JARRING HIM UNEXPECTEDLY, RESULTING IN A PULLED BACK MUSCLE.
EE WAS PACKING CEMENT WHEN BAG BLEW UP AND CEMENT GOT UNDERNEATH SAFTEY GLASSES INTO LEFT EYE. EE ALSO TURNED BACK WHEN GETTING UP AND HURT BACK. EMPLOYEE'S EYE IS OK BUT IS ON RESTRICTED DUT Y OF NO LIFTING FOR 4 WEEKS.
WHILE ATTEMPTING TO REPOSITION A PNEUMATIC BAG CHAIR EMPLOYEE BUMPED THE BAGGER START BUTTON & MADE THE BAG CHAIR CYCLE DOWN PINCHING & CUTTINGHIS RIGHT THUMB & FOREFINGER.
SEVERAL EES WERE GRINDING OVERHEAD IN A CONFINED SPACE. PARTICLES OF METAL WILL FALL FROM EQUIPMENT DURING THIS PROCESS. AS A RESULT, A PIECE OF THE METAL GOT UNDER THE WELDING HOOD AND BECAME EMBEDDED IN THE LEFT EYE.
WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REPLACE A BAD BEARING, THE TRIGGER ON A 3/4" DRIVE AIR IMPACT WRENCH HUNG IN THE RUN POSITION, CAUSING HIS HAND TO BE CAUGHT AGAINST A PIECE OF UNISTRUT.
EMPLOYEE WAS KNOCKED OFF OF A LADDER WHEN A BEAM OVERHEAD STRUCK THE LADDER. THE BEAM WAS BEING REPOSITIONED.
HE WAS USING A GRINDER TO GRIND ON A PIECE OF PIPE. HE WEDGED THE GRINDER BETWEEN 2 PIECES OF PIPE, WHICH CAUSED THE GRINDING WHEEL TO KICK BACK & STRIKE HIS RIGHT KNEE.
ATTEMPTING TO CLEAR A SANDBLASTER LINE. HAD TURNED OFF AIR SUPPLY, BUT POD WAS STILL UNDER PRESSURE BECAUSE OF PLUGGED LINE. PRESSURIZED AIR AND GRAVEL BLEW OUT ONTO EE'S HAND.
EE WAS WEARING PANTS INSIDE BOOTS THEREFORE ALLOWING HOT METAL TO GET INSIDE BOOT.
EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING IN REMOVAL OF 8" BY 8" TUBULAR STEEL FROM NEW CLINKER COOLER. AS ANOTHER EMPLOYEE CUT TUBE STEEL LOOSE WITH TORCH, INJURED EMPLOYEE LOST HIS GRIP ON CUT PIECE (APPROX 18 " LONG) AND DROPPED IT ON HIS RIGHT FOOT, CAUSING A FRACTURE TO BIG TOE.
EE USING TEAR OUT MACHINE IN KILN WHEN A BRICK PRICHOCET OFF MACHINE AND STRUCK HIM ON THE RIGHT FOOT.
EE HAS BEEN BAGGING CEMENT AS HE EXITED PACKER, A SPROUT ON HIS BAGGING SYSTEM INADVERTENTLY ACTIVATED, CAUSING CEMENT TO DEFLECT INTO EE'S EYE. NOTE: HE WAS WEARING A FACE SHIELD AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT
EMPLOYEE WAS USING AN OXYGEN LANCE TO CUT SIDE WALL OUT OF CLINKER COOLER. OXYGEN REGULATOR MALFUNCTIONED CAUSING LANCE TO BACK FLASH AT LANCE HANDLE. EE HAS A 2" 2ND DEGREE BURN TO LEFT WRIST AND A 1ST DEGREE BURN TO LEFT THIGH.
EMPLOYEE WAS GRINDING A PIECE OF STEEL ON A PEDASTAL GRINDER, STEEL GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN GRINDING WHEEL AND GUARD AND SLAMMED DOWN ON THE GRINDER REST, CATCHING EMPLOYEE'S LEFT INDEX FINGER BETW EEN STEEL AND GRINDER REST.
EE WAS GRINDING (WEARING FACE SHIELD & SAFETY GLASSES) FELT DUST IN HIS R EYE
EMPLOYEE HOLDING 4"X2"X3' PIECE OF INSTULATION WITH LEFT AHND WHILE DRILLING WITH RIGHT HAND. THE DRILL BIT CAUGHT PART OF HSI GLOVE AN DFRACTURED LEFT 5TH FINGER.