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Employee was bagging, not wearing cut resistant gloves, and while putting bag on spout, employee's hand got off center and employee received a laceration to right hand index finger.
Employee was grinding 2" pipe when a metal flake entered left eye. EE immediately notified supervisor and flushed it with eye wash. EE was taken in for medical attention. The piece of metal had to be removed. EE was wearing safety glasses and a straight clear face shield. We will be changing over to a V90 shield with built in goggles to prevent this from re-occurring.
Employee was operating bagging machine and the bag in their right hand collapsed and did not open fully around spout. Employee's hand contacted sharp edge of fill spout and received laceration injury.
Employee was using a cordless impact wrench with left hand. EE was tightening bolts on a motor when EE started to feel some pain in the left hand.
On 10/18/2018 the employee was grinding angle iron when EE felt something in EE's right eye. EE continued working and it wasn't until 10/23/2018 when discomfort lead EE to seek medical attention. EE had a small flake of metal in EE's right eye that had to be removed. EE was wearing safety glasses at the time of the incident.
Employee was operating a Cat Backhoe and hit head.
Employee was grinding in the Welders Yard when ee got debris in left eye. EE immediately went over and flushed it out at the eye wash station. EE was wearing Safety Glasses and Face Shield at the time. EE started to feel some irritation approximately 8 working days later when ee notified employer on 5/16/2017. No work missed. First Aid with Prescription eye drops.
Suffered minor arc flash burns to both eyes while welding inside a metal bucket attached to a front end loader. The injured said he should not have raised his welding helmet while another welder was working in the same area of a shiny reflective surface. The burns were not realized until the following morning. The other welder did not suffer any arc flash burns to his eyes.
While grinding metal, the operator noticed some irritation in his right eye around 4PM. He went home end of shift at 5PM and applied eye drops. Did not help. Employee went to ER early morning of 3/8/11.
Employee was grinding and a piece of metal flew into his right eye.
Raising a flat plate of steel with a winch, it caught on an angle and swung into a ladder, caught left hand.
Ee was placing bag on the filling tube. He put his hand too far. Clamp came down on his finger.
Ee was placing bag on the filling tube. He put his hand too far. Clamp came down on his finger.