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WHILE WORKING WELDING REPAIRS ON 769C TRUCK BED IN SHOP GRINDING A WELD, A FOREIGN PIECE OF METAL GOT BETWEEN SAFETY GLASSES AND BECAME LODGED IN EYE. ATTEMPTED TO FLESH OUT WITH EYE WASH.
WHILE CUTTING STEEL SHAFT WITH CUTTING TORCH, A PIECE OF HOT METAL WENT INTO THE L. EAR, BURNING THE EAR DRUM.
BACKING UP A D-7 DOZER IN THE STRIPPING DUMP SITE. THE DOZER HIT A MOUND OF DIRT SHAKING EE.
WELDING A PLATE ON THE BOTTOM SIDE OF WET SCREEN HEAD BOX. SLAG GOT BEHIND GLOVES AND BURNED THROUGH SHIRT SLEEVE AND LONG UNDERWEAR. SECOND DRGREE BURN TO FOREARM.
HADE A CRANE (25 TPM GROVE) HOOKED TO SHAFT ON DAMAGED CONVEYOR PULLEY. TRIED TO FREE PULLEY THAT WAS CAUGHT ON FRAME OF CONVEYOR TRUSS. PULLEY BROKE FREE AND MR. STIRR COULD NOT REMOVE HIS HAND QUICKLY ENOUGH, AS PULLEY MOVED OUT OF FRAME WORK.
WHILE GRINDING OVERHEAD, DISC BECAME CAUGHT IN A CORNER AND KICKED BACK ONTO OPERATOR'S LEFT FOREARM CUTTING IT TO THE BONE.
WHILE USING CARBON ARC WITH NO FLUX ON RODS, RODS ACCIDENTALLY HIT STEEL BUCKET CAUSING ARC, WHILE OPERATOR DIDN'T HAVE HELMET ON.
I WAS CUTTING A MOTOR OFF WITH A TORCH AND HOT PIECE OF METAL FELL INTO MY SHOE AND BURNED MY FOOT.
WAS LOADING SMA5L SET OF METAL STEPS ON TRAILER HAD HAND RAIL TO INSIDE OF TRAILER WHEN I UNHOOKED CHAIN FROM CRANE AND STARTED TO BACK AWAY STEPS SLIPPED DOWN AND FLIPPED OVER HANDRAIL SMACK ED RING FINGER 2N LEFT HAND BRUISING KNUCKLE HAD X-RAYS AND THERE WAS NO BROKEN BONE