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EE was replacing a wear liner in #1 jig feed bin. As he was welding it in, the polished steel was reflecting back into the hood from the sides and behind him causing the arc burn to his eyes.
EE had finshed lunch and went up in the plant to clean out the #1 baghouse hopper with an air lance which is a air hose with a 1/2 inch pipe hooked to it with a ball valve to turn air on and off with the valve. EE was removing the lance from the hopper it hit him in the mouth knocking out a lower front tooth. The ball valve is what struck him knocking the tooth out.
Cold weather made the pipe more brittle than normal. Typically the pipe can be cut to a certain point then the pipe can be broken with the equipment to finish the break. Under normal conditions the pipe could have been broken this way. Due to the cold weather making the pipe brittle the amount that was cut was not strong enough to keep from breaking on its own.
Cold weather made the pipe more brittle than normal. Typically the pipe can be cut to a certain point then the pipe can be broken with the equipment to finish the break. Under normal conditions the pipe could have been broken this way. Due to the cold weather making the pipe brittle the amount that was cut was not strong enough to keep from breaking on its own.
Drilling 4.5" hole in siding @ plant overhead. Once drill went thru it grabbed and turned bit into 3rd & 4th finger on left hand.
Employee was working under overhead personnel - hot slag/sparks fell through grating floors - striking employee in the right ear.
Dredging was in place at the #4 pond 150 to 200 feet from the upstream side of the dam when the material along with part of the dam structure collasped into the pond capsizing the dredge causing facial and head injuries to the operator. The operator was removed from the pond by rescue from employees. He and another employee also were hypothermic.
Dredge capsized from a collapse of material causing the ejection of the operator and an employee took off his clothes, put on a life preserver and went into the water to help rescue and expedite the removal of the injured operator from the water that left this man hypothermic.
Employee was grinding steel with a hand held grinder throughout the day. Wearing a faceshield and glasses, when he got home he felt an irritation in his right eye.