PACKAGING EQUIPMENT WAS OPERATING AUTOMATICALLY.OPERATOR WAS CLEANING MATERIAL FROM UNDER MACHINE.A FOREIGN BODY GOT INTO HIS RIGHT EYE.
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Showing all 9INJURED WAS WELDING, HE REMOVED HIS WELDING HOOD AND A PIECE OF FOREIGN MATERIAL GOT INTO HIS RIGHT EYE.
INJURED WAS CUTTING A PIPE WITH ACETYLENE/OXYGEN TORCH.HE ACCIDENTALLY DROPPED THE CUTTING ATTACHMENT.AS HE TRIED TO CATCH THE ATTACHMENT THE FALME BURNED HIS RIGHT FOREARM-THE BURN WAS APPROX 1 1/2" IN DIAMETER.
EYES WERE BURNED BY FLASDH OF WELDER I NAME WAS HOLDING A PIECE FOR I NAME TO WELD
HE WAS USING GRINDING WHEEL TO CLEAN METAL SURFACE FOR REPAIR GRINDING WHEEL TOUCHED LEFT LEG ABOVE KNEE ACCDENTALLY CUT ON LEFT LEG OCCURRED.
I NAME WAS WELDING ON GRATE AND LIFTED HOOD AND SLAG POPPED LOOSE FROM WELD INTO LEFT EYE.
EMPL WAS USING ACETYLENE TORCH TO TRIM PIECE OF METAL. HE LAID BURNING TORCH DOWN WHILE REPOSITIONING PIECE OF METAL. HE THEN INADVERTENTLY WITH GLOVE REMOVED MOVED HIS RIGHT HAND INTO TO RCH FLAME.
WORKER WAS GRIN8ING ON A PIECE OF PIPE AND A METAL OBJECT WENT INTO HIS LEFT EYE. HE AS WEARING SAETY GLASSES AT THE TIME
WELDING ON SCEN7 TANKS AND GOT SLAG IN HIS EYE.