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EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING AND CHIPPING CAST IRON IN THE BELT OF #2 EVAPORATOR WHEN A CHIP OF METAL MUST HAVE FLEW UP INTO EMPLOYEE\S RIGHT EYE. EMPLOYEE DID NOT NOTICE ANY IRRITATION UNTIL HE WENT TO BED THAT NIGHT. HE WENT TO THE DOCTOR THE FOLLOWING DAY AND A SMALL EMBEDDED PARTICLE OF METAL WAS REMOVED FROM EYE.

EMPLOYEE WAS ASSIGNED TO BAG STACKING OPERATION AT 800 P.M. EMPLOYEE STARTED PACKAGING AT 810 P.M. AND BY 830 P.M. WAS COMPLAINING OF BACK PAIN SENT EMPLOYEE TO DR WHO DIAGNOSED MILD BACK STRA IN AND DISPENSED PRESCRIPTION DRUG EMPLOYEE WAS PLACED ON LIGHT DUTY.

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING NO.2 AUTOMATIC SEWING STATION AND WAS FOLDING A SACK WHEN HE STRUCK HIS RIGHT ELBOW ON THE ELECTRIC BOX BEHIND HIM AS HE WAS STRAIGHTENING UP. EMPLOYEE SEVERELY BRUSIED HIS RIGHT ELBOW, REQUIRING A SLING FOR HIS RIGHT ARM. HE WAS ALSO PLACED ON LIGHT DUTY.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING BAG QUIDES INSIDE OF AN AUTOMATIC PALLETIZER WHEN THE MACHINE ENERGIZED ALLOWING THE RAKE TO RETURN TO ITS START POSITION. WHEN THIS OCCURRED IT PINNED THE EYMPLOYEE BETWEEN THE RAKE AND THE FRAME OF THE MACHINE THE EMPLOYEE HAD NOT LOCKED OUT THE MACHINE.

EE WAS DRILLING A HOLE IN RECUTTER FRAME IN CAN LINE AREA WHEN DRILL BIT HUNG UP IN HOLE CAUSING DRILL TORQUE TO TWIST HIS HAND WITH A SHARP QUICK MOTION. EE SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION 3-16-84. EE FRACTURED BONE IN PALM OF RIGHT HAND WHICH EXTENDS FROM RING FINGER RIGHT HAND.

EMPLOYEE WAS GRINDING ON THE BUCKET OF A SCOOP WHEN THE POWER GRINDER CAUGHT ON EDGE AND THREW THE DISK INTO HIS LEFT THIGH (ABOVE KNEE). THE BOTTOM OF THE BUCKET IS VERY HIGHLY POLISHED AND S LICK, CAUSING UNSTABLE FOOTING.

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING BLOCK PRESS. MOLD BOX HUNG UP WHEN COMING DOWN TO START CYCLE. EMPLOYEE RAN IT BACK UP AND DOWN AND ALSO USED AIR TO BLOW OUT LOOSE SALT, WHICH WAS CAUSING MOLD TO JAM. AT THIS TIME, EAST BRACKET WHICH HOLDS CHUTE UP BROKE, LETTING CHUTE FALL ONTO EMPLOYEE\S LEFT WRIST.