EE OPERATING BRODERSON 15 TON CRANE WITH 14 - 51 FOOT BOOM. OPERATOR RETRACTING OUTRIGGERS, RETRACTING BOOM AND RAISING BALL HOOK AT SAME TIME. BALL STRUCK STOP BLOCK BUT CONTINUED OVER BLOCK, BOUNCING OFF BOOM AND FALLING THROUGH GLASS TOP OF OPERATOR'S CAB STRIKING EE ON HEAD. EE WAS WEARING HARD HAT. STOP BLOCK SAFETY SWITCH CONFIRMED TO BE FUNCTIONAL ONE DAY PRIOR TO MISHAP.
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March 22, 2000
PA · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
MACHINERY
J E Baker Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
January 12, 2000
PA · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
MACHINERY
J E Baker Company · Flash burns (welding)
EE WAS SETTING UP AN AUTOMATIC WELDER. AS HE WAS REPOSTIONING THE WAND ASSEMBLY, THE ELECTRODE TOUCHED THE SIDE WALL OF THE CRUSHER AND FLASHED. EE SUFFERED A WELD FLASH OF BOTH EYES. EE MUST DE-ENERGIZE WELDER PRIOR TO ADJUSTING WAND.
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