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PUSHING OUT LINER BOLTS WITH JACKHAMMER AND GUIDE SLEEVE. JACKHAMMER CAME OUT OF GUIDE SLEEVE EMPLOYEE TRIED TO GRAB CHUCK STEEL AND HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN CHUCK STEEL AND MILL SHELL.
I WAS CUTTING OUT THE BOLTS, MY HOSE BECAME ENSNARED IN THE ANGLE IRON BEHIND ME. I TURNED AROUND AND GRABBED THE HOSE AND THE CUTTING TORCH WHICH I HAD BEEN CARRYING IN BOTH HANDS, SLIPPED AN D WENT TO RETRIEVE IT BACK UP AND IT WENT INTO MY GLOVE. AT THAT POINT IT BURNED MY HAND. WHEN I PULLED THE GLOVE OFF AT THE SCENE AND LOOKED AT IT, PUT THE GLOVE BACK ON AND TURNED THE TORCH
EE WAS HOLDING BOLT PIN PUSHER, BATTERING RAM [350 LBS] IS THEN SWUNG AGAINST PUSHER TO DISLODGE LINER BOLTS TO FACILITATE LINER PLATE REMOVAL. RAM CONTACTED PIN PUSHER, PUSHER DEFLECTED UPWAR DS WITH RAM FOLLOWING EITHER PIN PUSHER ALONE - OR COMBINATION OF PUSHER/RAN CAUGHT EE'S LEFT HAND IN PINCH POINT AGAINST MILL WALL.
EE WAS HODING A BACKUP WRENCH FOR REMOVAL OF END CAP SEAM BOLTS. EES WERE USING THE HYTORC WRENCH BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT LOOSEN THEM OTHERWISE. EE THOUGHT HE WAS KEEPING HIS FINGERS OUT OF THE WAY, BUT OBVIOUSLY HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER WAS SLIGHTLY CURLED UP ON THE WRENCH HANDLE. WHEN HYTORC WAS TRIGGERED, HIS FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN WRENCH HANDLE & MILL WALL.
AFTER LOADING TRUCK WHILE BLOWING OUT SOLUTION LINE SOLUTION SPLASHED INTO EYE BEHIND SAFETY GLASSES
EMPL CLAIMS HE FELT PAIN IN RIGHT WRIST WHILE USING 1" IMPACT WRENCH.
EMPL CLEANING HEAD CELL #5,PINCHED RIGHT 5TH FINGER BETWEEN AIRLANCE AND CELL TROUGH RIM CAUSING CONTUSION WHICH DEVELOPED INFECTION.
EMPLOYEE WAS IN T HE PROCESS OF REMOVING A STEEL BRACE FROM A P&H 2100 SHOVEL BUCKET BRACE WAS HOLDING THE LID OF THE BUCKET AWAY FROM THE BUCKETO CUT THE FAR SIDE WELD AS HE CUT THE WELD THE LID FELL PINNING THE EMPLOYEES ARM
EMPLOYEE CLAIMS THAT WHILE OPERATING A RUBBER TIRE DOZER HE MOVED THE EQUIPMENT WHILE THE TRANSMISSION WAS IN REVERSE AND RAN OVER A ROCK. THIS CAUSED HIM TO BE THROWN AGAINST THE RIGHT SIDE O F THE CAB, STRIKING HIS RIGHT CHEEK AGAINST A METAL HANDLE.
WORKING ON PIT PUMP IT SPRAYED WATER TOWARDS HIM AS HE DODGED THE WATER SPRAY SLIPPED FELL IN PUMP SUMP WHICH HAD 4 FT WATER
EMPL OPERATING 120 WABCO HAUL TRUCK.NOTICED SMOKE FROM ENGINE COMPARTMENT.ACTIVATED FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM AND INHALED FIRE EXTINGUISHER AGENT.
EMPL WAS IN THE PROCESS OF REMOVING DRILL STEEL FROM A CHICAGO PHEUMATIC DRILL AS HE ATTEMPTED TO UNCOUPLE TWO SECTIONS OF STEEL IT SHIFTED TOWARDS HIM AND HE JUMPED FROM THE DRILL TABLE TO TH E UNEVEN GROUND THIS CAUSED A SPRAIN IN HIS L KNEE
EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF TURNING A SUSPENECTED FROZEN PUMP SHAFT BY GRABBING THE V-BELTS AND TURNING THE DRIVE PULLEY, AS HE EXERTED THE TURNING FORCE HE CAUGHT HIS RIGHT HAND LITTLE FIN GER BETWEEN THE V-BELT AND PULLEY, NIPPING ABOUYT A 1/4" OFF HIS FINGERTIP.