Operator of the machine that wrap pallets with product, was cleaning the machine in the transfer part, using a paint brush EE puts EE's right arm through a space between the roller and the chain that moves the pallet in to position, inadvertently touches a censor which activates the chain, and it goes up puncturing EE's arm, EE manages to get out by touching the censor again.
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Showing all 20A crane overturned in the sand plant area trying to overturn an industrial dust collection, the miner hit hard inside the cabin of the crane, losing consciousness for a few minutes. The miner was treated by paramedics and taken to the hospital, hours later miner was discharged because miner did not show lesions on the X-rays.
The welder was working with the manual grinder and even with the safety glasses a metal particle fell into the right eye.
In the bagging operation a sack broke. The material with cement falls on the face of the operator and the eye was inflamed by apparently allergic reaction. The operator was using EE's safety equipment.
In the bags packaging equipment, we handle three different bag sizes. When the operator was changing the bag positioning fixture, right hand got pinched in the bag positioning fixture.
Employee of the 600 excavator was referred "Fondo Del Seguro De Estado" for back pain.
While working on maintenance in the plant area, the EE was making a cut on metal beam and allegedly when he blew on the cut, hot cinder entered his left ear.
The employees was using a bench saw to cut plycem. at the end of the road he turn off the machine but pass his left hand near the blades and touching it and he got injuried
June 2, 2008 the employee was working at Q-Line 1 when the machine got stuck. He proceed opening the main door of the machine to check the purpose of the obstruction from the gate of the mixer compartment. He tried to fix the gate and the mixer got activated hitting the right hand on the wrist.
Continuing back pain related to his duty as packaging material.
Continuing back pain related to his duty as packaging operator.
The employee was doing some holes with the welding torch in the simplicity. A small part flew and he tried to protect himself and go burned on 2 left fingers.
The employee was cleaning a machine, which he had mistakenly forgotten to turn off. The machine activated itself, cutting the index finger of his right hand.
The ee was walking toward his work area, and passing near the secondary crusher, he felt the impact of an artifact on the back of his head. This produced a wound in his left/ back side of his head in spite of wearing a hard hat.
THE INJURED EE CLAIMS THAT WHILE HE WAS FILLING BAGS WITH GLASS BLOCK MORTAR, ONE OF THE BAGS EXPLODED AND THE MATERIAL GOT INTO HIS RIGHT EYE. THIS CAUSED HIM A LOT OF PAIN AND REDNESS TO THE INJURED EYE.
THE EE WAS CUTTING METAL & A PIECE FELL ON HIS PANTS PERFORATED THEM CAUSING THE METAL TO FALL INTO HIS LEFT BOOT & BURNED AN AREA OF HIS FOOT.
THE EMPLOYEE ALLEGES THAT WHILE HE WAS INSTALLING A RADIATOR THE JACK HE WAS USING SLIPPED AND FELL ON HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER.
THE EMPLOYEE ALLEDGES THAT WHILE HE WAS POLISHING THE CLARIFIER TANK THE POLISHING MACHINE BOUNCED BACK AND SCRAPED HIS NECK.
THE EMPLOYEE ALLEGES THAT WHILE HE WAS FLATTERING THE GROUND WITH THE ROLLER, THE ROLLER FLIPPEDOVER TO ITS LEFT SIDE. THE EMPLOYEE GRABBED ON TO THE SECURITY HANDLE IN ORDER NOT TO FALL, BUT HE SCRAPED HIS LEFT ANKLE AND HURT HIS RIGHT HAND.
EMPLOYEE ALLEGES THAT WHILE HE WA OPERATING THE SAND DRYER, HE FELT A CONGESTION ALL OVER HIS FACE AND IMMEDIATELY THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS FACE BEGAN TO SWELL. THE SWELLING BEGAN TO RECEDE, BUT H E FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LEFT LEG WHICH CAUSEDTHAT HE CANNOT WALK PROPERLY.