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MAKING UP HOSE SLIPPED COLLAR OVER HOSE PRESS IT CAME UP CATCHING NOSE LACERATION
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING BOLTS OUT OF BTM OF 992 LOADER BUCKET. IMPACT WRENCH SLIPPED CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO GET OFF BALANCE AND JAMMING HAND UP AGAINST BOLT IN BTM OF BUCKET. LACERATION OF PALM OF LEFT HAND REQUIRING 5 STITCHES.
EE WAS DISCONNECTING A DISCHARGE LINE ON A SUBMERSIBLE PUMP THAT WAS SUSPENDED BY A CRANE. AFTER DISCONNECTING THE LINE HIS FOOT GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE PUMP AND PIPE LINE.
EMPLOYEE WAS PICKING CLAY FROM ROCK FROM THE TOP DECK OF "B" SCREEN AND A ROCK BOUNCED UP STRIKING EMPLOYEE IN MOUTH CAUSING TOOTH #9 TO SUSTAIN A CHIP.
HE WAS IN THE ADR PLANT STANDING ON A LADDER WELDING UNDER CARBON COLUMN #1. THE WELD BROKE AND THE STEEL HE WAS WELDING FELL AND HIT HIS LADDER CAUSING HIM, THE WELDING EQUIPMENT AND LADDER T O FALL OVER.
PVC COUPLING HAD BEEN INSTALLED IN STRIPPING VESSEL EDUCTING LINE WITH EXTENSION OF PVC TUBE LINE TO ELIMINATE SHARPE 90 DEGREE ELBOWS WHICH WAS SUSPECTED TO CAUSE BREAKDOWN OF COARSE CARBON G RANULES.WHEN VALVE WAS OPENED TO BLEED DOWN THE PRESSURE IN STRIPPING VESSEL,COMBINED PRESSURE ND TEMPERATURE PASSING THRU PVC COUPLING CAUSED IT TO SEPARATE ALLOWING HOT SOLUTION AND STEAM T