Shortly after welding a steel plate, the plate broke off and struck the left side of the miner's face.
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Showing all 4Employee was cutting steel plate 1/2"x40"X15' from a larger sheet, when the cut plate fell to the ground, then fell on employee.
Employee was cutting a rusty overhead pipe with an acetylene torch when slag fell onto suspended acetylene hose causing a second degree burn to injured right lower abdomen.
EE WAS CUTTING FRAME OFF OF OVERTURNED TRAILER WHEN METAL FRAME CAME LOOSE AND STRUCK EE'S HAND.