After welding on the Omni Short Head crusher, employee was grinding down the weld when a piece of metal slag flew behind EE's safety glasses and landed in the right eye.
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Showing all 3Employee was using an impact wrench with a 1 1/4 inch socket when the socket came free from the wrench and struck the employee in the mouth breaking a top, front tooth.
Employee was removing a large nut from a cone crusher tramp cylinder with a large air gun and heavy socket that fits the nut. When the nut came to the end, the socket fell over onto the employee's finger.