EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING ON WASHPLANT & SUFFERED FLASH BURNS TO EYE. DID NOT REALIZE IT UNTIL EVENING WAS TREATED NEXT DAY AT DOCTORS OFFICE & RETURNED TO WORK 2 LATER. SAFETY GLASSES WERE WORN. OFFICE WAS NOT NOTIFIED IMMEDIATELY.
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Showing all 4EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING & PLACED THE PALM OF RT HAND ON HOT METAL & WAS BURNED
EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING WITH BODY BENT IN AN UNNATURAL POSITION CAUSING THE STRAIN TO BACK
WHILE GRINDING INJURED WEARING SAFETY GOGGLES GLOVES AND EAR PLUGS LOST HIS GRIP ON GRINDER HANFDLE AND UNIT JUMPED BACK UP INTO HIS FACE CAUSING A TOOTH AND PENETRATED HIS LOWER LIP NO STITCH ES.