Employee was attempting to cut a small diameter hose with a grinder. The hose was coiled and when the employee cut through the hose it un-coiled and forced the grinder into their thumb causing a laceration that required approx. 5 stitches
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Perkins Cinders Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
October 7, 2015
AZ · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
MACHINERY
Perkins Cinders Inc · Struck by falling object
Miner cutting metal plate and it fell on his foot
September 21, 2006
AZ · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
MACHINERY
Perkins Cinders Inc · Struck by flying object
Employee building up seal area on cone and using a grinder. A piece of steel flew into his right eye.
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