THE EE WAS INJURED WHEN HE DID NOT FOLLOW REQUIRED SAFE WORK PROCEDURES AND ATTEMPTED TO CLEAR THE END OF A PAPER ROLL THROUGH THE INDEX ROLLERS ON THE CAP BLANK PRESS.THE EE DE-ENERGIZED THE MACHINE, BUT FAILED TO WAIT FOR ALL STORED ENERGY TO DISSIPATE. HIS RIGHT HAND WAS CAUGHT BY THE INDEXING ROLLERS AS HE PUSHED THE PAPER THROUGH, SUSTAINING A SKIN FLAP AVULSION INJURY.
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Showing 50 of 81WHILE EE WAS OPERATING MECHANICAL SCALER, SMALL BIT OF DEBRIS GOT IN EYE. DEBRIS PROBABLY CAME FROM AIR CONDITIONING DUCTWORK WHEN VEHICLE JARRED WHILE SCALING. HE RUBBED HIS EYE AND IT BEGAN HURTING. THIS INJURY IS REPORTABLE FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT REASONS ONLY.
EE WAS INJURED WHILE USING PORTABLE DRILL TO PUT HOLE IN METAL BAR. WHILE HOLDING DRILL IN HORIZONTAL POSITION AND DRILLING WITH ARM EXTENDED VERTICALLY OVER HEAD HEIGHT, THE DRILL BIT STUCK A ND CAUSED DRILL TO LOOSEN FROM HAND AND STRIKE EE.
EE LACERATED HER RIGHT INDEX FINGER TIP BETWEEN A CHAIN/SPROCKET DRIVE WHEN SHE REACHED UNDERNEATH THE MACHINE GUARD AND ATTEMPTED TO MANUALLY CLEAN A MOVING CHAIN ON THE POPPER CHECK WEIGHER.
EMPLOYEE WAS JACKHAMMERING SCALES NEXT TIMBER GUIDE AROUND THE 1000' LEVEL. THE SCALE GAVE, JACKHAMMER SHIFTED CAUSING LEFT LITTLE FINGER TO GETJAMMED AGAINST GUIDE PLATE RIPPING OFF FINGER NA IL.
EE WAS INJURED AS STEAM CLEANER SPRAY NOZZLE SLIPPED FROM HIS GRASP.
INJURED WAS GOING TO WORK ON THE LOWER VISE OF THE NO. 2 VERTICAL DRILL AND WAS STANDING NEAR THE MAST WHICH HAD BEEN TILTED BACK WITH THE DRILL STEEL IN THE HEAD. THE DRILL ROD CAME OUT OF TH E HEAD, SLID DOWN AND CAME OUT OF THE MAST, HITTING EMPLOYEE ON THE THIGH.
AFTER MAKING REPAIRS, EE WAS OBSERVING ROOFBOLT REBAR FEED MECHANISM ON BOLTER MAGAZINE FROM ITS NORMAL VERTICAL OPERATING POSITION. THREE BOLTS MOVED INTO POSITION PROPERLY BUT THE 5TH BOLT M OVED WITH THE 4TH BOLT. NOT BEING SECURED, THIS BOLT NOW FELL TOWARD THE EE STRIKING HIM AS HE MOVED AWAY TO STOP THE OPERATOR.
EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO SLIDE THE AUGER BACK INTO THE CASING OF THE BUG DUSTER DO THAT THE MECHANICS COULD REPLACE A BROKEN BOLT IN IT. HE POSITIONED THE AUGER TO SLIDE INTO THE CASING. HE TRIED TO GUIDE IT DOWN SLOWLY BUT THE WEIGHT OF THE AUGER SHIFTED QUICKLY COMING DOWN ON HIS HAND.
USING CHIPPING HAMMER. AIR HOSE CAME LOOSE AND BLEW CONCRETE CHIPS INTO EYES.
USING CHIPPING HAMMER TO REMOVE CONCRETE FROM SHAFT TIMBER. CHIP FLEW OFF INTO RIGHT EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING HANGER HOLES IN THE RIB, WHEN A SMALL STEEL SLIVER ENTERED HIS EYE. EMPLOYEE SAID HE WAS WEARING HIS SAFETY GLASSES.
WHILE JACKHAMMERING CONCRETE IN WAREHOUSE, JACKHAMMER SLIPPED SMASHING LEFT LITTLE FINGER BETWEEN PALLET AND HAMMER HANDLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING WHEN SALT DUST FELL ON RIGHT SIDE OF FACE AND INTO RIGHT EYE,CAUSING IT TO BURN.LATER STARTED TO BLISTER.
EE WAS REACHING OVER STRETCHING TRYING TO USE GROUND CONTROLS TO GUIDE STEEL INTO VISE. OPERATOR ERROR RESULTED IN A PINCHED FINGER BETWEEN THE DRILL STEEL AND THE VISE.
WAS CUTTING WITH A TORCH OUT OF AN CONDOR MAN LIFT CAGE. VISIBILITY AND AIR WERE EXCELLENT. EMPLOYEE CUT A 6" PIECE OF CHANNEL IRON 18" LONG. WHEN CUT THROUGH THE PIECE OF CHANNEL FELL LOOSE A ND KNOCKED THE TORCH OUT OF HIS HAND FALLING AGAINST HIS LEG CAUSING 1" BURN.
PUTTING BELT EXTENSIONS ON BOLTS HOLDING ON I-BEAM IN THE ROOF. PLACED BASKET OF 32 RIG (HIGH LIFT) UNDER BEAM TO TAKE THE WRIGHT OFF AND REMOVED THE WASHER AND NUT AND SCREWED ON THE EXTENSIO N NUT. LOWERED THE RIG TO ALLOW THE BEAM TO SLIDE DOWN THE BOLT. BEAM HUNG UP ON THE EXTENSION NUT BUT THE RIG KEPT LOWERING. EMPLOYEE GRABBED BOLT AND SHOOK IT. BEAM BROKE LOOSE AND SLID DOW
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVIN GJAMMED CARTONS FROM THE CARTON MACHINE AND GOT HER THUMB CAUGHT BETWEEN THE FLAP TUCKER NAD FRAME OF MACHINE.
DRILLING LUMPS OF SALT WHEN BIT HUNG AND SPUN DRILL AROUND AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE IN THE ARM CAUSING A CONTUSION SPRAIN TO LEFT ARM AND WRIST.
THE INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CLEAR JAMMED CANS AT THE CAP FEED LINE WHEN HE GOT HIS LEFT THUMB NAIL CAUGHT BETWEEN THE GUARD AND THE ROTATING SHAFT.
EMPLOYEE WAS ASSIGNED TO OPERATE THE BAG MACHINE WHICH SHE HAD NOT OPERATED IN A LONG TIME, FELT A STRAIN IN HER BACK.
SMALL NO SALT CASES HAD JAMMED N CASE TURNER EMPLOYEE OPENED DOOR ON TOP OF THE TURNER & PROCEEDED TO PULL JAMMED UP CASES OUT OF THE TURNER WHILE UNIT WAS RUNNING WHEN HE WENT TO PULL A CASE OFF TURNING BELT FINGER OF HIS RT HAND CAUGHT BETWEEN BELT & PULLEY
EE WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF 2X2 INCH BOARD. HE WAS PUSHING THE BOARD THROUGH THE TABLE SAW WITH A PUSH STICK. THE END OF THE BOARD BEING CUT STARTED TO RAISE UP, EE REACHED ACROSS WITH HIS LEFT HAND CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE SAW BLADE.
EE WAS USING BAND SAW TO CUT SLOTS IN CAPSCREW HEADS. THE EE HAD SLIPPED AND HIS FINGER GOT INTO THE SAW BLADES CUTTING HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A ELECTRICK HAND DRILL TO DRILL A HOLE IN THE FLOOR AT 15 BELT TAILPIECE. THE BIT JAMMED IN THE HOLE CAUSING THE DRILL TO JERK COUNTER-CLOCKWISE. THIS CRUSHED THE EMPLOYEE' S FINGER BETWEEN THE DRILL HANDLE AND THE STEELFRAME OF THE TAILPIECE RESULTING IN A FRACTURE OF HIS INDEX FINGER.
CHANGING TIRE ON #51 LHD USING IMPACT REMOVING LUGS ON RIGHT REAR TIRE.FELT SHARP PAIN ON RIGHT SIDE OF NECK AND SHOULDER AREA.
EMPL WAS BURNING HOLES IN BEAM WITH TORCH OXYGEN HOSE CAME LOOSE WHERE IT WAS ATTACHED TO TORCH & LEAKING OXYGEN CAUGHT FIRE & BURNED LEFT HAND OF EMPL. EMPL WAS NOT WEARING LEATHER GLOVES. 2N D DEGREE BURN IN BETWEEN THUMB & FOREFINGER.
WHILE SCALING A LARGE PIECE OF LOOSE GAVE WAY AND DOWNWARD PRESSURE CAUSED THE MACHINE TO BOUNCE AND EMPLOYEE HIT PART OF CAB RESULTING IN CUT ON FOREHEAD.
EMPL CUTTING OLD IRON BOLT ON CONVEYOR.LIT TORCH AND HOSE CAUGHT ON FIRE AND BURNED RIGHT FOREAMRM 2 DEG.BURN.
ELEVATED TEMPERATURES INVOLVED WITH SOLVENT DEGREASER CAUSED VAPORIZATION OF COMPONENT FUMES IDENTIFIED IN MSDS TO ENTER ATMOSPHERE OF UNDERGROUND MAINENANCE SHOP.
ELEVATED TEMPERATURES INVOLVED WITH SOLVENT DEGREASER CAUSED VAPORIZATION OF COMPONENT FUMES, IDENTIFIED IN MSDS TO ENTER ATMOSPHERE OF UNDERGROUND MAINTENANCE SHOP.
ELEVATED TEMPERATURES INVOLVED WITH SOLVENT DEGREASER CAUSED VAPORIAZTION OF COMPONENET FUMES, IDENTIFIED IN MSDS TO ENTER ATMOSPHERE OF UNDERGROUND MAINTENANCE SHOP.
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING WEDGE ON BAND SAW WITH GUARD AT HIGH LEVEL. HIS HAND SLIPPED OFF PIECE OF STOCK AND HIT THE BLADE. EMPLOYEE SUSTAINED CUT ON BACK OF LEFT HAND.
EMPLOYEE REMOVED SHORT STEEL AND WAS GOING DOWN TO GET ANOTHER STEEL. THE REPAIRED STEEL GOT CAUGHT UNDER THE DRILL HEAD AS HE WAS COMING DOWN. IT BENT OVER AND CAUGHT HIS LEFT THUMB.
EMPLOYEE WAS CATCHING BAGS WHEN HE NOTICED HIS LEFT EYE WAS BECOMING IRRITATED. FOREIGN OBJECT MAY HAVE BEEN BLOWN BY FAN.
WHILE EE WAS BURNING A BOLT FROM ARM ON FEEDER WITH A TORCH A PIECE OF SLAG FLEW AND GOT INSIDE HIS EAR.
EMPLOYEE BACKED OR TURNED INTO TURNING SHAFT OF LATHE. HIS SHIRT BECAME ENTANGLED AND WHEN HE GRABBED FOR IT, HIS HAND WAS PULLED INTO LATHE.
EMPLOYEE WAS IN POWDER RIG, HE WAS COMING DOWN FROM THE FIRST SET UP AND WAS ABOUT 10 FEET FROM THE FLOOR LEVEL WHEN THE BASKET DROPPED THE REMAINING DISTANCE TO THE FLOOR. EMPLOYEE RECEIVED CONTUSIONS TO LEFT SIDE WHEN BASKET DROPPED.
WORKING IN MILL ON 6 TH FLOOR. ON 1ST FLOOR 2 MACHINICS WERE CUTTING OLD CHUTES. HEAVY SMOKE AND FUMES FROM PAINT BURNING GATHERED ON 6TH FLOOR. IT TOOK ABOUT ONE HOUR FOR AIR TO CLER AFTER WORK ATREA WAS VENTILATED.
BURNED FROM MIG WELDING RAYS. FABRICATING JACK STAND FOR LHD'S.
TWO MEN WERE DRILLING UNDER LOOSE GROUND. THEY HAD SCALED DOWN BEFORE DRILLING BUT APPARENTLY NOT GOOD ENOUGH. PERSON INJURED WAS LOOKING UP WHILE DRILLING, PIECE OF LOOSE SALT FELL FROM BACK AND HIT HIM IN NOSE. BRUISED AND SMALL CUT ON SURFACE. XRAY SHOWED CHIPPED BONE, BUT NO EVIDENCE THAT ACCIDENT WAS THE CAUSE BECAUSE NOSE HAD BEEN BROKEN PREVIOUSLY.
POWER OUTAGE CAUSED THE POWER TO GO ON AND OFF IN THE CAN LINE THIS IN TURN CAUSED THE PRESSURE ROLLER CYLINDER ON THE TUBE WINDER TO GO DOWN AND UP THE FIRST TIME THE POWER WENT OFF THE GLUE PAPER STUCK TO THE ROLLER WHILE THE OPERATOR WAS TRYING TO CLEAN THE ROLLER THE POWER WENT OFF AGAIN CAUSING THE ROLLER TO CLOSE ON HIS L WRIST TUBEWINDER
RAN OVER A BOTTOM IN 8A COMING FROM EMPLOYEE'S DINNER'S HOLE
EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING A HOLE IN A BRACKET USING GLOVES.HIS GLOVE GOT CAUGHT IN THE DRILL AND PULLED HIS AHND IN.THIS CAUSED A FRACTURE OF HIS RING FINGER ON THE RIGHT HAND.
I NAME WAS OPERTING CONDOR 100 SHE APPARENTLYEXTENDED THE BOOM TO THE LIMITED HEIGHT OF ROOF AREA CAUSING EXCESSIVE PRESSURE AGAINST CABLES CABLES BROKE AND BOOM DROPPED APPROX 15-20' WITH OPE RATOR IN BUCKET
SCA LING LEFT WHEN HISE ON RIGHT SIDE OF SCALER BLEW SPRAYING HOT HYDRAULIC IN OPERATOR SEAT. WHILE TRYING TO GET OFF SCALER, RESCURER CAUGHT ON STEERING WHEEL.
WAS CLEANING AND CHECKING TRIGGER MALFUNCTION OF A HILTI SPAD GUN. HAD LEFT HAND OVER MUZZLE END AND RIGHT HAND ON TRIGGER. WAVING COCKED UNIT TO CHECK SPRING TENSION. HE WAS UNAWARE OF A SHEL L IN THE CHAMBER AND WHEN TESTING TRIGGER, THE G UN WENT OFF CAUSING THE RAM DEVICE TO PIERCE HIS LEFT PALM.
EMPLOYEE WAS TRAMMING THE UNDERCUTTER FROM 3WNS TO 2EO THE CUTTER BOGGED DOWN IN THE LOOSE SALT IN THE HILL AT 1 MAIN 0 EMPLOYEE USED THE CUTTER BAR TO PICK UP THE FRONT WHEELS AND MOVED THEM SIDEWAYS IN DOING SO HE MOVED THE CAB AREA SO IT WAS OVER HIS RT FOOT HE LOWERED THE CUTTER DOWN ON HIS FOOT
WELDING LIFTING EYES ON NEW DUST COLLECTOR, PAINT STARTED TO BURN, BECAME LIGTH HEADED AND FELT SICK.
WHILE WELDING AND REATED WORK I.E. CLEANING WELD WITH AIR CHIPPER (SCALER) ON #46 ROOFBOLTER, ACQUIRED MINOR FLASH BURNS IN BOTH EYES AND A FLAKE OF METAL IN LEFT EYE.