EMPLOYEE WAS USING A STEAM NOZZLE TO CLEAN STAINLESS STEEL THE EMPLOYEE SPRAYED HIS BOOT CAUSING BOOT TO BURN TOP OF TOES THE EMPLOYEE WAS TREATED BUT DID NOT FOLLOW UP HIS INJURY OF HEED ADVI SE THE EMPLOYEE WAS TOLD T O KEEP FOOT CLEAN & DRY BUT DID NOT COME BACK FOR FELLOW UP VISIT UNTIL 5 DAYS LATER EMPLOYEE STILL FAILED TO KEEP INJURY DRY & BLISTERS DEVELOPED EMPLOYEE WAS SENT
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Showing all 5EE STATES THAT HE OPENED KILN 2 DOOR AND THE FLAME WENT OUT CAUSING HOT GASSES TO SPRAY BACK ON HIS FACE.
EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS JAC HAMMERING BRICK INSIDE KILN #2. FALLING BRICK LANDED ON HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER CAUSING A CUT AND A CONTUSION.
EMPLOYEE STATES THAT WHILE LOOKING INTO WINDOW FO A COOLER, A DIRT PARTICLE WAS BLOWN INTO HIS EYE. SAFETY GLASSES WERE BEING WORN AT THE TIME.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS CHECKING THE ADJUSTMENT ON FLAPPER VALVE ARMS WHEN HIS GLOVE WAS CAUGHT AND HIS LEFT HAND WAS PULLED BETWEEN THE ACTUATING CAM AND FLAPPER VALVE ARM. THIS CAUSED A CONTUSION TO THE HAND. THE EMPLOYEE DEVELOPED TENDONITIS IN THE HAND WHICH REQUIRED A PRESCRIPTION OF ANTI-INFLAMMATORY MEDICATION.