Contractor was cutting down trees. The tree he was cutting down kicked back and hit his left leg. Broke the leg below the knees
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Showing all 5Employee was adding compressed air to a governor using a regulator. He placed his left thumb over an air leak and got air into a puncture wound
Employee was removing a belt from a conveyor. Sand or some foreign material entered his left eye under or around his safety glasses.
Employee was shaving metal with a grinding tool, shavings got on employees hand, when he rubbed his left eye shaving got in the eye.
Welder was using an angle grinder, grinding and prepping a pipe. A foreign body entered right eye, under his safey glasses.