INJURED WAS LIFTING APPROX. 5 SHEET OF 1/8INCH X 4INCH X 8INCH SHEET METAL WITH AOVERHEAD CRANE AND A LIFTING CLAMP THE SHEET METAL STRUCK A OF EXPANDED METAL STICKING UP ABOUT THE METAL RACK. THIS CAUSED THE LIFTING CLAMP TO RELEASE A SHEET OF METAL LACERATION THE INURED CHEST STOMACH AREA WHEN FALLING TO THE FLOOR.
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Showing all 17INJURED WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF CHANNEL IRON WHICH WAS LAYING ACROSS ATTRITIONER SUMP. AFTER CUTTING THE IRON WITH A TORCH, THE EMPLOYEE PULLED THE IRON TOWARDS HIMSELF AND THE WEIGHT OF THE IR ON MADE THE OPPOSITE END DROP, THROWING THE HOT END UP AGAINST VICTIM'S ARM.
STANDING BESIDE MAINT USING WELDER HIT IN R T EYE BY FOREIGN BODY
I.NAME WAS WORKING ON CASE MILL. HE WAS USING WELDER TO BUILD UP BARS. HE RAISED HIS WELDING HOOD AS METAL WAS COOLING AND SLAG POPPED AND HIT HIM IN RIGHT EYE.
WHILE OPERATING BAGGING MACHINE, EE WAS SPRAYED WITH SAND FROM TUBE S FAULTY RELEASE VALVE.
SAND PUMP AT WASHER. USING IMPACT WRENCH TO BREAK PUMP APART. THERE WAS SAND ON PUMP AND BOLTS . IMPACT BLEW SAND IN EYES
50'X4" PIPE WAS BEING MOVED BY A CRANE TO BE ATTACHED TO CYCLONE ON THE HEAVY MINERAL TOWER. THE INJURED'S HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE PIPE FLANGE & THE CYCLONE.
WHILE GRINDING A PIECE OF METAL ON THE ELCTRIC GRINDER A FRAGMENT OF METAL WENT INTO EMPLS R EYE
A BAG FELL OFF THE PALLETIZER; THE INJURED PUT THE BAG BACK IN PLACE. WHEN DOING THIS IT BLINDED THE ELECTRIC EYE CAUSING THE FORKS TO BE LOWERE. THE PALLETIZER FORKS WENT DOWN ON HIS FEET. HE SUFFERED FROM A SMALL BRUISE ON LEFT FOOT & SEVERE BRUISE ON THE RIGHT FOOT. (NO BROKEN BONES) EMPLOYEE FELLED TO CUT PALLETIZING MACHINE OFF BEFORE PLACING THE BAG AS INSTRUCTED & TRAINED TO
WHILE CHANGING SETTING ON BAG CHAIR TO ACCOMMODATE 50 LB BAG,EMPL SHOULDER HIT ACTIVATION BUTTON CAUSING PLATE THAT EJECTS BAG TO CLOSE TRAPPING EMPL RT THUMB IN BAG CHAIR.
WHILE DRILLING HOLES IN MARSP LINING MATERIAL A PIECE OF MATERIAL FLEW INTO AND BECAME EMBEDDED IN EMPLOYEES RT EYE
WHILE PLACING BAGS ON BAG MACHINE, EMPLOYEE KEPT HITTING HIS THUMB ON THE MACHINE, CAUSING SPRAIN AND EVENTUALLY INFECTION.
HE WAS REPLACIN1 FLANGE ON SPLITTER. THE HOSE TURNED CUTTING THREE FINGERS ON RIGHT HAND
THE INJURED WAS3DRIVING A REPLACMENT DOZER OVER MOUND OF DIRT IN THE PIT AND THE STEERING CLUTCH DID NOT REALEASE WHEN THE BRAKE WAS PRESSED TO SLOW THE MACHINERY DOWN HIS HEAD STRUCK THE ROPS ON THE DOZER. 7HE SEAT BELT ON THIS REPLACEMENT DOZER WAS FOUND BENEATH THE SEAT SEAT BELT AND CLUTCH WERE CORRECTED.
WHILE ENTERING 3NTO THE AREA TO CLEAN AN WHILE PASSING UNDER A DRYER DRUM, EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK IN THE RIGHT EYE BY HOT SAND FALLING THROUGH THE HOLES IN THE DRUM.
WHILE EE WAS IN3 AN AEKWARD POSITION DRILLING HOLES IN A DRYER, HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK & COULD NOT STRAIGHTEN HIS SPINE.
EMP WAS READJUSTING BAG CHAIR AND ACCIDENTLY HIT TRIP LEVER THIS CAUSED THE CHAIR TO FLIP OVER CATCHING THUMB AND CAUSING THE LACERATION