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EE WAS HELPING CONTRACT WELDER REPAIR A SCRAPER PAN WHEN HE ACCIDENTLY LOOKED DIRECTLY AT WELDING ARC AND BURNT HIS EYES
EMPLOYEE HAD TURNED OFF PELLET MILL TO FIX SEALS AROUND DOOR. HE ACCIDENTLY GOT A METAL BAR IN THE DOOR BEFORE IT COMPLETELY STOPPED SPINNING. THIS KNOCKED THE METAL BAR INTO HIS LEFT HAND, SP RAINING HIS LEFT WRIST.
EE WAS CLEANING PULLEY TO THE LONG BELT GOING TOTHE HAMMERMILL. HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE LOST HIS BALANCE, CAUSING HIS RIGHT HAND TO GO UNDER PULLEY, CHIPPING A SMALL BONE IN HIS RIGHT WRIST .
INJURED WAS HELPING TH EWELDER REPAIR MILL PARTS AND WAS TOLD NOT TO LOOK AT WELDING ARC. APPARENTLY, HE DID NTO HEED THE WARNING AND BURNED HIS EYES.
EE WAS CUTTING END OF DRILL STEEL TO MAKE A PRY BAR FOR CERTAIN TYPES OF WORK WHEN SPARKS FROM THE OBJECT BEING CUT WITH TORCH FLEW TO HIS SHIRT CATCHING IT ON FIRE AND DID NOT NOTICE TIL HIS STOMACH WAS BURNING.
HE WAS USING A PORTABLE GRINDER ON A WELD THAT WAS TO BE CUT & THE GRINDER KICKED BACK & CAUSED A SMALL CUT ON HIS LEFT SHIN
PATIENT WAS CUTTING PIECE OF METAL WHEN FRAGMENT WENT INTO EYE WITH CUTTING TORCH.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A CUTTING TORCH TO REPAIR A CONVEYOR WHEN A PARTICLE WENT INTO HIS EYE. THE DCOTRO FOUND NO FOREIGN OBJECT IN THE EYE. JUST AN IRRITATION.
EMPLOYEE TURNED SPEED REDUCER IN ONE DIRECTION WITH A PIPE WRENCH UNTIL IT STOPPED AND THEN GOT HOLD OF DRIVE BELT BY HAND AND PULLED VERY HARD IN OPPOSITE DIRECTION. IT'S ON 14 INCHES FROM O NE PULLEY TO THE OTHER. THE CENTRIFICAL FORCE OF THE SHEAVES, MOVED THE BELTS FAST, THAT HIS HAND WAS PULLED INTO THE OTHER SHEAVE. IT WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE DRIVE BELT ANDD SHEAVE.
AT THE TIME OF 3NJURY, EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING MATERIAL INSIDE THE WEST MILL BUILDING. APPARENTLY, A PIECE OF THE COLD STEEL WORKED ITS WAY BEHIND HIS SAFETY GOGGLES AND ENTERED LEFT EYE. EMPLOYE E WAS SENT TO T2E DOCTOR FOR TREATMENT AND RETURNED TO WORK. FIVE DAYS LATER, EMPLOYEE COMPLAINED OF SORENESS IN LEFT EYE AND WAS SENT BACK TO THE DOCTOR FOR ADDITIONAL TREATMENT.
THE INJURED WAS3CHIPPING CONCRETE FROM AROUND THE EDGE OF AN I BEAM THAT WAS IMBEDDED IN CONCRETE AS HE WAS CHIPPING A PIECE OF THE CHIPPING HAMMER BROKE OFF AND FLEW AGAINST HIS LEFT THUMB CA USING A LACERAT3ON AND PUNCTURE
SODA ASH QUIT FLOWING FROM TANK AND EMPLOYEE PROCEEDED TO CLEAR THE RESTRICTED FLOW THE CHEMICAL BROKE LOOSE AND GOT IN THE INJUREDS EYES
FALLING DUST FROM SCREW FEEDING PACKER DROPPED ON INJURED FACE, CAUSING DUST TO ENTER RIGHT EYE.