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EE WAS CUTTING BOLS & REMOVING RUBBER FROM THE WATER (130X MAIN PLANT) AFTER TORCHING OUTTHE BOLTS HE REMOVED HIS CUTTING GOGGLES & PULLED ON THE RUBBER LINING MOLTEN RUST WHICH HAD STACK TO T HE RUBBER THEN POPPED OFF HITTING HIM IN HIS RT EYE
EE WAS SHOVELING IN TUNNEL W/O VENTILATION FOR A WHILE AND COMPLAINED OF LUNG AND CHEST PROBLEMS.
INJURED STATED THAT HE HURT HIS BACK KNEE BOARDING AT HOME PREVIOUS DAY HE THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD BE OKAY WHEN HE BACKED OVER A WINDROW HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK HE DROVE THE D8K DOWN FROM THE S TOCK PILE & WAVED FOR EE HE SAID HS BACK WAS VERY SORE SO WE CALLED THE SOUTH AMBOY FIRST AID THEY TOOK HIM TO THE HOLSPITAL TO BE CHECKED OUT
INJURED WAS HANDING A TORCH TO CO-WORKER HE REACHED UP AND HIS HARD HAT FELL OFF.EMPL STATES THAT INSTEAD OF WAITING FOR THE INJURED TO GET HIS HARD HAT AND GET CLEAR OF THE AREA,HE IMMEDIATEL Y CUT THE 5/8 BOLT HOLDING THE SCREEN TENSIONER ,THE TENSIONER WHICH WEIGHS ABOUT 1 POUND FELL ABOUT 4' AND HIT INJURED ON THE TOP OF THE HEAD.HE RECEIVED SEVERAL STITCHES AT SOUTH AMBOY HOSP
EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS WORKING IN 66" SCREW MOST OF SHIFT, HE STATES HE HAD NO IDEA SOMETHING WAS IN HIS EYE BUT THAT IT WAS BOTHERING HIM SLIGHTLY BY THE END OF HIS SHIFT. HE DID NOT REPORT T HE OCCURANCE UNTIL 8:00AM THE FOLLOWING DAY. THE SPEAK MAY HAVE BEEN AIRBORN AND RUBBED INTO EYE FROM AN IMPACT GUN HE WAS USING, HE DOES NOT KNOW.