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EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING HAND ON OPPOSITE SIDE OF A DOOR DRILLING SIGN. DRILL BIT WENT THRU SIGN AND INTO LEFT HAND. WOUND REQUIRED 2 STITCHES.
Employee received flash burns to the eyes, neck, and face while working in finish mill #1 removing liners. Liners are cut into 250 lbs pieces for removal.
WHILE CLEANING, INLET EMPLOYEE WENT TO PULL AIR LANCE OUT AND FELT A SHARP PAIN ON SHOULDER BLADE AREA.
While employee was trying to turn a twisted bag of cement on the palletizer, unit cycled and pushed him to the rear wall of the layer pusher area of the unit. Employee sustained contusion to lower back, lumbago, lower extremity abrasion w/o infection, and contusion of lower leg.
While cutting grass with the weed eater in high weeded area, an insect crawled up employee's leg and bit him. Insect bite of nonvenomous type.
Employee was installing a feed chute at the #1 finish mill throat. Unit was being hoisted up by an air tugger. The cable had an overlay wrap off track when chute was being lowered, the wrap of cable let loose and weight of the feed chute shifted to employee, causing a lumbar strain.
Employee was inspecting post maintenance repair of the raw meal feed sampler. During the operational test the sampler mixer unexpectedly activited.
EE had filled a pill press with sample material. He installed the top cap but noticed it was cocked to the side. When he reached to correct it his lab coat inadvertantly caught the power handle causing the machine to activate. This spewed the sample material into his eye.
EE was preparing to cleanout a discharge chute with a hand held air hammer. When he pulled the air hammer trigger, escaping air stirred up a cloud of fine material. This fine material then entered into his eye.
EE WAS FITTING PLATES ON THE PRECIPITATOR AND SOMETHING FELL OR BLEW INTO HIS EYE.
Using a cutting torch, a welder had cut too far into an overhead metal plate without leaving an uncut portion as "safety margin" for final, assisted cut. The plate broke free and struck welder in right eyelid in a swing-type motion. Upper eyelid was torn in a "V"-shape requiring sutures.
Standing on 1 foot block jack-hammering (overhead) refactory from vessel on preheat tower, 6th floor. Bit jammed in refractory. While extracting bit it freed up unexpectantly and EE fell to the ground.
EMPLOYEE WAS LEANING OVER BEAM WITH AN IMPACT WRENCH AND TWISTED CAUSING PAIN IN HIS BACK.
EE WAS HOLDING A FRAME IN PLACE FOR INSTALLATION. A CO WORKER MISSED THE FRAME AND HIT THE EE IN THE BACK OF THE HAND. THE EE DID NOT GO TO SEE A DR UNTIL 4-11-03.
THE EE WAS BREAKING UP ROCK IN THE CRUSHER WITH A JACKHAMMER. THE JACKHAMMER SLIPPED WHEN THE ROCK BROKE AND THE HAMMER HIT THE EE IN THE TOP OFTHE FOOT.
EE STATES THAT HE JUST NOTICED AND PAIN IN HIS SHOULDER. WHILE OPERATING A BULLDOZER.
THE EE WAS BACKING UP A PALLET JACK WHEN HE CAUGHT HIS ARM BETWEEN THE JACK AND A GUARD RAIL.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING AN IMPACT WRENCH TO REMOVE SOME BUCKET BOLTS ON AN ELEVATOR CHAIN. THE IMPACT SOCKET SLIPPED OFF OF THE BOLT AND THE SWIVEL CUT HIS LEFT THUMB.
EE WAS GRINDING A DISC ON A PILL PRESS WHEN HE THOUGHT HE GOT SOME DUST IN HIS EYE. WHEN IT DID NOT GET BETTER AFTER RINSING HIS EYE HE ASKED TO SEE A DR.
EE WAS GRINDING ON A SCREEN SUPORT IN A FINISH MILL, WHEN A FOREIGN OBJECT ENTERED HIS LEFT EYE. HE WAS WEARING HIS SAFETY GLASSES AT THE TIME.