The employee was reinstalling a bed liner into a pickup truck. Employee was using the portable crane on the service truck. When they lifted up on the crane, the snatch block came unattached from the bed liner. The snatch block swung and hit them in the head.
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Showing all 4Employee was doing maintenance, reached down to pick up an air tool and the air hose came loose from the tool, striking the employee in the face and the eye, knocking off hard hat and glasses.
Employee was working in a confined space with another employee who was welding. The injured employee suffered arc flash as a result.
EE WAS DRILLING FACE, DRILL JAMMED AND EE GRABBED HOLD OF THE HOT DRILL WITH HIS BARE HAND, BURNING HIS LEFT HAND.