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WORKING IN KILN BAGHOUSE WHEN A 200 DEGREE DOOR SLAMMED ON HIS L FOREARM
EMPL WAS REPAIRING ROTARY DUST VALVE VALVE WAS PLUGGED WITH DUST EMPL RAISED HIS SAFETY GLASSES TO SEE WHERE TO HAMMER ON DUST PLUG WHEN EMPL HIT THE PLUG IT BROKE LOOSE AND AIR PRESSURE BEHIN D THE PLUG BLEW DUST IN BOTH OF HIS EYES
EMPLOYEE WAS GRINDING A FAN BASE WHEN A METAL SLIVER ENTERED HIS LEFT EYE.
THE YOKE HOLDING THE UPPER FEED CHAIN SPROCKET ON G-D 3700 AIR TRACK DRILL WAS BROKEN. I WAS REMOVING THE FEED CHAIN FROM THE LOWER SPROCKETS TO REMOVE BROKEN YOKE WHEN CHAIN GOT ENTANGLED IN SPROCKETS. I GRABBED CHAIN SLACK AND INADVERTENTLY MOVED FEED CONTROL WRONG DIRECTION CAUSING MY LEFT INDEX FINGER TO BE CAUGHT BETWEEN CHAIN AND SPROCKET CUTTING FRONT AND BACK OF LOWER FI