While drilling on a sheet of steel victim got small sliver of metal embedded in his right eye. The victim was wearing safety glasses at the time , however it was breezy in the area he was working. Once he felt the sliver he irrigated his eyes at the eye wash station, and he thought he had removed the problem. Several days later his right eye was red, itchy and very watery.
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September 30, 2015
CA · Metal/Non-Metal
crusher attendant/operator, pan feeder operator/worker
MACHINERY
Santa Fe Aggregates Inc · Struck by flying object
February 4, 2009
CA · Metal/Non-Metal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
MACHINERY
Santa Fe Aggregates Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Injury was spinning the head of the cemco & other employee was using an air gun when his finger got stuck between the head of the cemco & the air gun socket.
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