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EE STATES: WAS WALKING BY DRILL DURING BLOWDOWNWHEN OBJECTS WERE BLOWN AROUND AND GOT SOMETHINGBLOWN IN MY EYE EVEN WITH SAFETY GLASSES ON.
EE RECD 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO HIS RIGHT THUMB WHENTHE GLOVE HE WAS WEARING FILLED WITH OXYGEN FROMA LEAKING HOSE & IGNITED WHILE BURNING WITH A TORCH.
EE RECD BURNS TO THE LOWER LEFT FOREARM WHEN HE DROPPED THE OXY-ACETYLENE TORCH HE WAS USING AND THE FLAME CONTACTED HIS ARM
INJURED SUFFERED A CERVICAL STRAIN WHEN HE WAS STRUCK ON THE HARD HAT BY A LOOSE ROCK WHICH FELL FROM THE FEEDER ABOVE HIM WHILE HE WAS CLEANING THE CRUSHER.
INJURED LACERATED HIS RIGHT KNEE WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF THE PEDAL FOR THE METAL SHEAR AND IT SPRUNG UP AND STRUCK HIS KNEE. WOUND REQUIRE 11 SUTURES.
INJURED FRACTURED THE TIP OF HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER WHEN IT WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE HEAD OF A BOLT AND A BEARING PILLOW BLOCK AS HE WAS TIGHTENING IT WITH AN IMPACT.
INJURED BURNED HIS LEFT ELBOW WHERE HOT SPARKS ELL INTO HHIS COVERAL SLEEVE. ALTHOUGH THE BURSE WAS SMALL, IT BECAME INFECTED AND HE HAD TO BE ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL FOR I.V. ANITIOTICS ON 9-21-94.
WE HAD A SERIOUS ACCIDENT IN THE CONCENTRATOR WHEN A 4 CUBIC YARD GARBAGE SKIP WHICH WAS SUSPENDED FROM A 1" NYLON STRAP FELL FROM THE FINISHER OVERHEAD CRNE AND STRUCK HIM ON THE SHOULDER AND LEFT LEG, FRACTURING HIS LEFT HEEL AND CAUSING SEVERE LACERATIONS TO HIS LEG AND FOOT. THE INJURY REQUIRED TWO AND A HALF HOURS OF SURGERY TO REPAIR THE DAMAGE TO HIS LEG AND FOOT.
EE REC'D A LACERATION TO THE FACE REQUIRING SEVERAL STITCHES WHEN HE WAS STRUCK BY A PIECE OF FLOOR GRATING WHICH FELL FROM A PALLET HE WAS LOWERING WITH THE CRANE. HE TOOK HIS EYE OFF THE LOA D FOR A SECOND WHILE LOWERING THE LOAD, IT CAUGHT ON SOME STRUCTURAL AND THE LOAD SHIFTED CAUSING ALL 12 PIECES OF GRATING TO FALL. ONE STRUCK HIM.
WHILE GRANDING A WELD WITH A 41/2IN ANGLE GRINDER INJURED LOST HIS GRIP & THE GRINDING DISC STRUCK HIS LEFT THUMB CAUSING A LACERATION WHICH REQUIRED 4 SUTURES
INJURED PINCHED AND BRUISED HIS RIGHT HAND BETWEEN A MAGNETIC SEPARATOR DRUM AND SUPPORT BEAM WHEN THEMAGNET PULLED THE DRUM INTO THE BEAM DURING INSTALLATION.
INJURED WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE MILL AND HYDRAULIC LINING MACHINE. WHILE INSTALLING SHELL LINERS. HE SUFFERED A BRUISED HIP.
EMPL DRIVING CRANE DOWN HILL WHEN DOOR TO CRANE BECAME UNLATCHED HIT HIM ON ELBOW.
INJURED WAS HOOKING UP A CABLE SPREADER WITH SHACKLES TO A FEED CHUTE TO REMOVE IT. AS HE WAS CONNECTING THE SHACKLE THE CRANE OPERATOR BEGAN RAISING THE CRANE WITHOUT BEING SIGNALED AND THE I NJURED'S LEFT INDEX FINGER BECAME PINCHED BETWEEN THE HOOK AND SHACKLE FRACTURING AND LACERATING IT.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING BULLDOZER ON MIDNIGHT SHIFT. THOUGHT HE FELT SOMETHING IN HIS EYE. BROUGHT HIM TO A DOCTOR. DOCTOR FOUND SMALL SCTRACH ON HIS EYE AND GAVE HIM THE NEXT DAY OFF.
INJURED HAS HISTORY OF LOW BACK PROBLEMS. BACK STARTED TO GERT SORE. ASKED TO SEE CHROPRATOR ON 2-15-89. NO SINGLE EVENT CAUSED THE PROBLEM.
INJ BLOCKING SHOVEL DOOR OPEN.CRANE WAS SUPPORTING 5000 LB DOOR WITH 3000 LB RATED NYLON SLING.WHEN SLING BROKE DOOR STRUCK INJ LEFT THUMB FX TIP AND LACERATING IT.
WHILE CLEANING SHOVEL PARTS WITH A HOSTY STEM CLEANER THE HOTY OVERHEATED AND HOT WATER OFF SHOVEL PART AND INTO INJUREDS BOOT CAUSING A THERMOL1ST DEGREE BURN TO RIGHT LOWER LEG.
EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING ON A C RUSHER BELL WHEN HE BEGAN CHIPPING WITH AN AIR CHIPPER & A PIECE OF SLAG ENTGERED HIS LEFT EYE IT HAD TO BE REMOVED BY A DOCTOR
EMPLOYEE STATED3HE WAS OPERATING A RIGHT ANGLE SIDE GRINDER WHEN IT SLIPPED, CAUSING THE GRINDING DISK TO STRIKE HIS ARM.
EMPLOYEES WERE 3N THE PROCESS OF REMOVING PRIMARY CRUSHER CONCAVES WITH A LARGE PNEUMATIC HAMMER WHICH ATTACHES TO THE CRANE WHEN A PIECE THE SIZE OF A PEA BROKE OFF A LINER & FLEW INTO INJURE DS BICEPS(LEFT)3IT BECAME IMBEDDED IN THE ARM & HAD TO BE REMOVED BY A PHYSICIAN
EMPLOYEE WAS A 2ENPTIOUS TO ADJUST THE SWIUNG ON THE AUTOMATIC HOSING MACHINE WICH WAS RUNNING WHEN HIS GLOVE GOT CAUGHT IN THE MECHSNISM,DESWING HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER INTO THE PINCH POINT.
EMPLOYEE WAS KNOCKING BOLTS OUT OF ROD MILL LINERS DURING A LINER CHANGE USING A RIVET BUSTER WHEN A PIECE OF METAL BROKE OFF THE BIT AND LODGED UNDER EMPLOYEES CHIN PIECE WAS SURGICALLY REMO VED AND 6 IN STITCHES WERE NEEDED TO CLOSE THE WOUND
I.NAME WAS CLEALING AROUND SHOVEL WITH RUBBER BULL WHEN HE HIT A ROCK JARRING HIM FROM HIS SEAT & CAUSING HIS SHOULDER TO HIT EITHER (ROP) OR CAB HE WAS NOT WEARING A SEAT BELT
INJURED WAS LOADING A DOZER ON TO A LOW BOY TRAILER. HE TURNED THE DOZER WHILE POSITIONING IT AND IT SLID OFF TRAILER.