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EMPLOYEE WAS USING AIR LANCE TO CLEAN BEAMS WHEN HE GOT DUST INTO HIS LEFT EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A GRINDER TO CLEAN CEMENT COOLER WHEN GRINDER SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO CUT HIS FINGER.
EMPLOYEE ALLEGES THAT WHILE HE WAS GRINDING A STEEL RING WITH THE DISC GRINDER, SMALL PIECE OF METAL FLEW INTO HIS LEFT EYE.
EE WAS HOLDING BOTTOM OF OIL LINE ALREADY CUT LOOSE EE WAS CUTTING TOP LOOSE APPROX 10FT ABOVE EE WHEN EE CUT PIPE LOOSE CUTTER SLIPPED HITTING EE ON ARM CUTTING EE RT LITTLE FINGER & MIDDLE F INGER
VACUUM HOSE ON SUPER SUCKER WAS PUSHED INTO A PILE OF MATERIAL,CAUSING IT TO SURGE AND JERK EMPLOYEES NECK AND BACK.DID NOT SEE PHYSICIAN UNTIL 02-18-92.
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING RUSTED METAL WITH OXYGEN/ACETYLENE TORCH WHEN SLAG FLEW INTO EMPLOYEE'S EYE.
CHIPPING HOT SLAG FROM STEEL PLATE WITH CH IPPING HAMMER WHEN PIECE OF SLAG HIT CHEEK & BOUNCED INTO LEFT EYE
ACCIDENT VICTIM WAS SPLICING 36IN CONVEYOR BELT BELT WAS BEING PREPARED FOR VULCANIZING ELECTRIC WINCH WAS ATTACHED TO BELT TO STRIP RUBBER COVER FROM BELT CHAINS ATTACHED TO BELT BLOCK SLIPPE D UP ROLLER SUPPORT SLIDING ROLLER OUT OF SUPPORRELEASING BLOCK 4INX4IN WOOD & PINNING VICTIMS LEG BETWEEN BLOCK & SUPPORT
EMPLOYEE ALLEGES WHILE USING A JACKHAMMER TO CLEAN ROOF,HE FELT SOMETHING PULL IN HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS ADJUSTING THE LIMIT SWITCH BLOCKA T #1 RAW MILL TIRPLE GATE CABINET WHEN THE HYDRAULIC ARM MOVED AND PINCHED HIS FINGER.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING THE OXY/ACETYLENE TORCH WHEN A PICE OF HOT SLAG POPPED UP AND STRUCK HIM AT THE CORNER OF HIS LEFT EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING THE RECYCLE DUST F-K PUMP WHEN MATERIAL FELL INTO HIS FACE.DOCTOR VISIT ON 02-19-90 PRESCRIPTION MEDICINE.
EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING A PORTABLE GRINDER OVERHEAD TO GRIND ON THE SIDE OF A CHUTE. THE GRINDER KICKED AND SLIPPED, STRIKING HIS LEFT ARM.