EMPLOYEE WAS RELEASING A SECTION OF PIPE FROMT HE JAWS OF A FUSING MACHINE. THE PIPE WAS UNDER TENSION AND SPRANG UP, KICKING THE HINGED JAW INTO HIS CHIN. EMPLOYEE RECEIVED SEVERAL STITCHES TO CLOSE A SMALL CUT IN HIS CHIN. NO PRESCRIPTION WAS GIVEN.
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May 2, 1990
WY · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
MACHINERY
Malapai Resources Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
January 14, 1988
TX · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
MACHINERY
Malapai Resources Company · Contact with hot objects or substances
THE EMPLOYEE WA8 HOLDING SOME PIPE WHICH WAS BEING CUT BY THE WELDER. HE WAS HOLDING THE PIPE BELOW THE CUTTING AREA WHICH EXPOSED HIS HANDS TO THE SLAG FROM TEH ARC WELDER. THE SLAG FELL INSI DE HIS RIGHT HA3D GLOVE AND CONSEQUENTLY BURNED HIS HAND.
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