Employee was cutting a hole in metal with a torch and the slag blew back and went under their eye protection. Employee sustained an eye injury to the ocular surface.
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November 3, 2023
KY · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
MACHINERY
Nally & Gibson Georgetown, LLC · Contact with hot objects or substances
January 2, 2001
KY · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
MACHINERY
Nally & Gibson Georgetown, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WAS USING A ROTARY HAMMER TO BREAK UP PACKED ROCK IN A BIN. HE WAS HOLDING HAMMER AGAINST HISCHEST WHILE IN USE.
Nally & Gibson Georgetown, LLC · Struck by falling object
EE WAS SCALING CEILING WHER A SMALL ROCK CAME THROUGH WINDOW OF SCALER AND HIT HIM ON LEFT HAND.
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