EMPLOYEE WAS GRINDING ABOUT A DOZEN EYE LIFT PLATES ON THE BENCH. EVERY TIME HE WOULD STOP TO CHANGE PLATES AND RECLAMP, HE WOULD START THE GRINDER WHICH WOULD THROW THE CIRCUIT BREAKER. EMPLO YEE KEPT THE GRINDER RUNNING AND SET IT ON ITS BACKSIDE WHILE RE-CLAMPING. AFTER ABOUT 10 PIECES OF PLAT, THE GRINDER SLIPPED AND CAUGHT LEFT ARM.
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November 5, 1992
CA · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
MACHINERY
Mobile Sand Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
January 13, 1983
CA · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
MACHINERY
Mobile Sand Company · Struck by flying object
WHILE CUTTING A BEARING RACE OUT OF SCREEN A PIECE OF SLAG GOT BEHIND EMPLOYEES SAFETY GLASSES AND BURNED AND SCRATCHED EYE
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