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EMPLOYEE WAS USING A CUTTING TORCH TO CUT A PIECE OF RWO INCH THICK STEEL, WHICH WAS POSITIONED ACROSS TWO SAW HORSES(SUPPORT UNITS). EMPLOYEE DID NOT POSITION HIS FEET PROPERLY AND THE STEEL PLATE FELL ON RIGHT FOOT, FRACTURING HIS BIG TOE
EE WAS USING A HAND GRINDER ON WELDED JOINTS. HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES. HE WAS GRINDING AT VARIOUS ANGLE & TURNING HIS HEAD TO SEE HIS WORK. A METAL SPECK WENT BEHIND THE SAFETY GLASS SID E SHIEDL, INTO HIS RT. EYE.
EE WAS WELDING WITH OTHERS IN SHOP. EE STOPPED WELDING. TILTED HIS HELMENT UP. A SPECK OF COOLING SLAG POPPED AND SPECK WENT INTO HIS LT EYE.
EE PLACED A LADDER AGAINST A MOVEABLE OVERHEAD CRANE. WHEN HE REACHED THE TOP THE CRANE MOVED FROM HIS WEIGHT AGAINST IT. EE FELL AND LANDED ON HIS BACK.
WHILE REMOVING BOLTS FROM TRACK ROLLERS ON A TD 25 DOZER, THE AIR WRENCH SPUN HIS HAND INTO THE FLOOR.