Solite Corp · Flash burns (welding)
EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING METAL FOR WELDER TO TACK. SAFETY GLASSES WERE NOT TINTED ENOUGH FOR WELDING FLASH.
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Solite Corp · Contact with hot objects or substances
EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING A PIECE OF METAL FOR ANOTHER MAN TO WELD & A HOT PIECE OF SLAG METAL FELL DOWN INTO HIS SHOE BURNING HIS LEFT FOOT.
Solite Corp · Struck by flying object
GRINDING CYLINDER HELD DOWN WITH EMERY WHEEL, WEARING WELDING SHIELD WITH CLEAR LENS BUT WIND BLEW METAL INTO LEFT EYE.
Solite Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
ADDING AIR IN TIRE, TIRE RIM BROKE STRIKING RIGHT HAND AND LEG. BROKE NUCKLE OF MIDDLE FINGER ON RIGHT HAND WITH LACERATION, BRUISED RIGHT LEG, LEFT ARM & LEG. TIRE WAS INFLATED AND ON TRUCK.
June 7, 1989
VA · Metal/Non-Metal
crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger
MACHINERY
Solite Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
OUTBOARD BEARING HOUSING ON DRUM SHAFT BROKE PUTTING ALL OF THE CABLE FORCE ON THE BRAKE DRUM, WHICH CAUSED THE BRAKE PEDAL TO KICK BACK FORCING THE OPERATORS FOOT AND LEG AGAINST THE OPERATOR 'S SEAT.
August 10, 1987
VA · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
MACHINERY
Solite Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
SITTING ON TOP 2F #8 KILN USING A LARGE 7 IN GRINDER COMPLETED GRINDING RELEASED TRIGGER ON GRINDER SIT IT DOWN ON KILN, WHEEL WAS STILL SPINING MOVEMENT OF WHEEL CAUSED GRINDER TO MOVE ALONG METAL UNTIL IT 7AME IN CONTACT WITH RT KNEE
Solite Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
USING ELECTRIC 2AND GRINDER IT BECAME INTANGLED IN CORD CAUSING GRINDER TO KICK HITTING HIM ON KNEE
Solite Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
DRILLING HOLE I3 COPPER PIPE, BROOK LOOSE FROM VICE CUTTING EDGE OF PIPE, ROUGH EDGE OF PIPE CUT LEFT HAND.
Solite Corp · Flash burns (welding)
WELDING WELDERS3FLASH IN RIGHT EYE.
August 19, 1985
VA · Metal/Non-Metal
belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor
MACHINERY
Solite Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
FINGER SLIPPED THROUGH GUARD & WAS NIPPED BY FAN.
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