The employee was welding a pump skid to a steel dredge pontoon when a pontoon hatch became displaced, pinching the top of the employee's foot just above the protective toe of the required work boot. The incident resulted in a metatarsal fracture in the employee's right foot.
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Showing all 9Employee was using an impact wrench and a combination wrench to unscrew rusted bolts/nuts from a chute on the plant. While engaging the impact wrench on the bolt head, the combination wrench, which was positioned to hold the nut in place, slipped from the employees grip and struck them in the area of the left eye causing a contusion and laceration to the upper eye/eyelid.
Employee was using a cutting torch to cut a bolt on the bottom of a pipeline joint when the hot end of the bolt fell into employee's glove and burned hand.
Employee was repairing a piece of plant equipment and, while using a cutting torch to remove an overhead bolt, the wind blew a piece of hot metal into left ear causing an inner ear burn.
Employee was injured while guiding a 20" diameter steel pipe elbow, which was being lowered by a crane, onto some floor mounted pipe stands on the dredge. As the pipe was lowered, it was not seated properly on the stands. The crane was signaled to stop, but the pipe shifted and pinched the employee's lower left leg between the elbow and another piece of equipment.
A foreign object made its way into the ee's right eye when grinding on a metal drive sprocket. Safety goggles were worn by the ee but continued to fog up. The foreign object may have entered the eye when removing the goggles to clear the lens. The ee's eye was irritated & required medical attention of removing a rust spot & prescribing an antibiotic to clear up the irritation.
Employee was grinding steel on the underside of the dredge ladder. The employee was wearing safety glasses and a face shield. A foreign object made its way into the employee's right eye. The injury was not reported until two days after the incident. The foreign object was found to be imbedded and then removed by an eye doctor.
Two employees were disassembling a planetary drive gear box and shaft which was partially suspended by an overhead hoist and partially supported on a stand. The load shifted on the stand and caught the middle right finger of the employee and smashed the end of the finger. The employee received six stitches at the local hospital and was released.
WHILE WELDING HE PULLED TRIGGER ON MIG WELDER BEFORE HELMET WAS COMPLETELY DOWN. HOT SPARK FLEW INTO LEFT EYE BURNING CORNEA & CONJUNCTINAL SAC.