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EMPLOYEE WAS USING LATHE TO MACHINE A PIECE OF STEEL. RIGHT HAND WAS RESTING ON LATHE. (EMPLOYEE IS LEFT HANDED). LONG PIECE OF STEEL SHAVING FROM PIECE BEING MACHINED TOUCHED HIS HAND. IT SCA RED HIM AND HE JERKED HIS RIGHT HAND BACK. IN DOING SO, THE SHAVING CUT HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER.
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING INSPECTION DOOR ON CHUTE TO SCREEN WHEN LIME DUST FELL FROM BEHIND HIS GLASSES INTO HIS RIGHT EYE. LIME DUST FELL FROM VIBRATION OF EQUIPMENT RUNNING NEARBY. THIS WAS ON THE 7TH FLOOR WHERE RISING HEAT CURRENTS ADDED THE STIRRING OF DUST.
REPAIRMAN REPLACED ELEMENT ON A REX COUPLING HE SPUN THE MOTOR WITHOUT REPLACING THE GUARD ELEMENT BROKE & STRUCK HIM IN THE BACK OF HIS LEFT HAND