THE WELDER WAS WELDING SOME METAL WHEN SUDDENLY HE LOST HIS BALANCE FALLING ON HIS KNEE AND HE BURNED HIMSELF WITH THE [TORCH ?] ON THE SIDE OF THE NECK.
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Showing all 7WAS CUTTING A TOLA WITH AN ACETYLENE TORCH, WHEN A PARTICLE OF HOT SLAG FLEW OR JUMPED INTO HIS SHOE
WELDER WAS LOOSENED BOLTS. WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS CHEST. TRIED TO CONTINUE WORKING BUT COULDN'T. VICTIM APPARENTLY SUFFERED A MUSCLE PULL/STRAIN.
WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS FILLING SOME HAMMER MILL HAMMERS WITH SOLDER, A PARTICLE OF SOLDER ENTERED HIS LEFT EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS MOUNTING A TRANSFORMER ON THE SCREEN OF THE MILL WHEN A ROCK POPPED OUT AND STRUCK HIM ON HIS LEFT HIP.
THE VICTIM, SHOVEL OPERATOR, BREAKING UP LARGE ROCKS USING THE TEETH OF THE SHOVEL WAS SPATTERED WITH SMALL BITS OF ROCK. ONE OF THEM FLEW INTO HIS LEFT EYE.
I NAME WAS WELDING SOME HAMMERS AND SOME OF THE HOT WELD FELLINTO HIS BOOT AND HE SUFFERED A BUTN AT THE HEEL OF HIS R FOOT