EMPLOYEE WAS USING AN AIR WRENCH TO TIGHTEN BOLTS ON A JOINT OF PIPELINE. TRASH WAS BLOWN INTO RIGHT EYE. EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING REQUIRED SAFETY GLASSES.
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Showing all 9EMPL OPERATING BULLDOZER.PUSHED THROTTLE TO OFF POSITION AND FELT PAIN IN RIGHT ELBOW.
EMPL WAS CUTTING PATCH FROM SECTION OF 16" PIPE. WHEN TORCH CUT WAS ABOUT 1/4" FROM UNCUT END OF PIPE, REMAINING PIPE BROKE SPRINGING OPEN. PIPE HIT EMPL'S 1ST FINGER LEFT HAND, PINCHING IT BETWEEN PIPE & TORCH.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A CHUCK KEY TO TIGHTEN CHUCK OF ELECTRIC DRILL.THE TRIGGER OF THE DRILL WAS BUMPED,TURNING THE DRILL ON.WHEN THE CHUCK TURNED THE CHUCK KEY,EMPLOYEE'S LEFT LITTLE FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN KEY AND DRILL MOTOR HOUSING.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A STEAM GENERATING MACHINE TO CLEAN A PIECE OF MACHINERY. THE END OF THE STEAM GUN (NOZZ LE) CAME OFF, RELEASING STEAM.
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING MATERIAL WITH A TORCH. A PIECE OF METAL POPPED OFF AND GOT INTO LEFT EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING FOR ABOUT FOUR HOURS. DURING WELDING HE WOULD OCCASIONALLY FLIP WELDING LENS UP AND DOWN WHILE STRIKING AN ARC.
I,NAME REMOVED HIS SAFETY GLASSES TO CLEAN THEM WHILE STANDING IN AN AREA WHERE ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS BURNING BOLTS OFF A LENGTH OF PIPE. A PIECE OF METAL GOT INTO HIS LEFT EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS REBUILDING POST ON BATTERY WITH SOLDER. HE WAS NOT WEARING SAFETY GOGGLES AND A SMALL PIECE OF SOLDER STRUCK HIM IN HIS LEFT EYE.