INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON RETURN SIDE OF PAN CONVEYOR AT HEAD SPROCKET AND WAS EDGED ALONGSIDE BENT RIDING RAIL STRUCTURE. EMPLOYEE ATTACHED OVERHEAD HOIST TO PAN TO TAKE UP SLACK, HOIST ACCIDENTALLY PULLED TOO MUCH ON PAN FREEING JAM, JUMPED UP THROWING EMPLOYEE'S TORSO AGAINST PINION SHAFT.
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Showing all 12INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING A 4" NIPPLE ON THE BOTTOM OF SCREW CONVEYOR WHICH HAD BEEN CUT OPEN ON PREVIOUS SHIFT. EMPLOYEE STARTED WELDING NIPPLE ON BOTTOM OF CONVEYOR HOUSING WHEN THE LIME WAS HUNG UP ABOVE THE HOLE FLUSHED DOWN REFLECTING INTO HIS WELDING HOOD AND INTO HIS LEFT EYE.
INJ USING JACKHAMMER TO REMOVE PART OF OLD CONCRETE SLAB IN PUMPHOUSE.PLACED HAMMER AT AN ANGLE TO GET UNDER SLAB.HAMMER SLIPPED CAUSING EMPL TO SOMEHOW STRAIN HIS BACK.
INJURED EMPLOYEE WHILE OPENING DROP OUT DOOR ON GATHERING SCREW ON #3 BAGHOUSE,HOT MATERIAL GOT INTO HIS GLOVE AND BURNED HIS AHND BEFORE HE COULD REMOVE GLOVE.
INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING PATCH ON COAL PIPE OF @I KILN WHEN HE BECAME DIZZY AND HAD A VERY RAPID HEARTBEAT
INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS REACHING OVER FEED CHUTE ON MIXER TO MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT ON FLOW ARM WHEN THE MIXER BLEW BACK STEAM FROM FEED CHUTE HITTING EMPLOYEE ON RIGHT ARM CAUSING BURNS
INJURED EMPL GOT LIME OR SUBSTANCE IN RIGHT EYE.
INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS USING SMALL HAND GRINDER ON CLIPS ON BELT TO REMOVE OLD CLIPS. GRINDER KICKED BACK STRIKING MAN ON RIGHT INDEX FINGER CAUSING DEEP LACERATION.
INJ EMPL DRILLI3G WELDING LEAD STINGER,DRILL BIT FETCHED IN SCREW HOLE.WELDING STINGER AND LEADS BECAME WRAPPED CAPTURING HAND AND TEARING THUMB NAIL OFF.
EMPLOYEE WAS OP9RATING CHERRY PICKER SWUNG DOOR OPEN TO TALK TO GROUND MEN THE DOOR BLEW SHUT & EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO STOP IT & STRUCK HIS RT.WRIST
EMPLOYEE WAS JA7K HAMMERING CONCRETE WALL.WHILE JACK HAMMERING,THE HAMMER KICKED BACK AND IT STRUCK EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT KNEE.
MAN WAS REPAITRING A FENDER ON A TRUCK. HE WAS BRAZING THE FENDER WHEN THE TORCH BLEW BACK CURNING HIS RT FOREARM.