STANDING NEAR GRINDING MACHINE WATCHING OPERATOR DEBRIS FLEW IN EYE.
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Showing all 5WELDING AND GRINDING. CUT EYE FROM CHIP.
MORE THAN ONE EE HAD BEEN CUTTING OFF BOLTS AND EE DID NOT REALIZE THE BOLT HE CUT WAS THE LAST ONE AND PIECE ABOUT 75 LBS CAME DOWN AND HIT HIS SHOULDER AND HEAD, CUTTING HIS HEAD WHEN IT WAS DRIVEN INTO A BRACKET.
EE AS WORKING NEXT TO ANOTHER PERSON WHO WAS WELDING HE SUFFERED WELDER FLASH IN BOTH OF HIS EYES THE WELDER WAS WELDING THE TUBE TO THE SAND SCREW & EE WAS USING HAND WRENCHES TO PUT THE PADD LES ON THE SCREW
WHILE PUTTING AIR INTO THE BRAKE CYLINDER ON PIT TRUCK. WABCO #1, THE CANISTER OF THE BRAKE CYLINDER BLEW OFF AND HIT HIM ON THE LEFT HAND BREAKING THE BONE OF THE MIDDLE FINGER. INJURED HAD S URGERY ON THE FINGER 1-28-92.