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EE WAS HOLDING A POWDER HOSE WHILE POWDERING A DRILLED HOLE. THE POWDER HOSE GOT PLUGGED UP AND BROKE FREE AND FORCEFULLY EXITED THE HOLE IN THE WALL. THE MOTION OF THE HOSE EXITING THE HOLE OVER EXTENDED EE'S RIGHT SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING PIECES OF METAL WHILE ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WELDED THE METAL TOGETHER. EMPLOYEES EYES BOTHERED EE AFTER WORK AND EVENTUALLY EE WENT TO THE ER AND WAS DIAGNOSED WITH ARC BURN IN EE'S EYES.
EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING A TRAP DOOR ON A RAILCAR. EE HAD A PORTA POWER HYDRAULIC JACK THAT WAS ASSISTING WITH LIFTING THE TRAP DOOR TO THE RAILCAR LEVEL TO BE WELDED. THE PORTA POWER JACK SLIPPED AND STRUCK EE IN THE FACE.
EMPLOYEE WAS POWDERING A DRILLED HOLE IN A WORKING ROOM. POWDER HOSE GOT PLUGGED UP. EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING THE HOSE WHEN THE PLUG BROKE FREE AND IT FORCEFULLY EXITED THE HOLE IN THE WALL. THE MOTION OF THE FORCEFUL EXIT OF THE HOSE OVER EXTENDED (BACKWARDS) THE EMPLOYEES SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE WAS CHIPPING OUT CONCRETE FROM MINE AIR SHAFT WALL USING AN AIR HAMMER. A BLISTER FORMED ON HIS RIGHT PALM WHILE USING THE HAMMER. EMPLOYEE NOTICED ON 07-20-13 THAT THE BLISTER WAS INFECTED AND THE INFECTION WAS RUNNING UP HIS WRIST & ARM. TREATED WITH IV AND ORAL ANTIBIOTICS.
Pinched fingers between guard on scissor lift.
Employee was grinding on a piece of metal with a hand grinder when a fleck of metal got past his shield and safety glasses and entered his left eye. Employee went to ophthalmologist to have the foreign body removed.
Employee was grinding a piece of iron with a hand grinder when a fleck of metal got past his shield and safety glasses and entered his left eye. Employee went to the optometrist to have the foreign body removed.
Employee was filling 50lb bags of salt. While holding a bag up to the spout and filling, he lost hold of the bag. This resulted in his arm rising quickly and striking his left forearm against the chute.
The employee's left eye began bothering him after work the evening of 03/22/04. During his shift that day he did numberous jobs which included grinding, welding and using a torch. Apparently some time during the day he got a foreign body in his eye that resulted in irritation of the eye.
EE WAS WELDING AN AR PLATE IN THE DUMPING BINS WHEN A METALLIC FOREIGN BODY GOT IN HIS RIGHT EYE. THE FOREIGN BODY WAS REMOVED BY AN OPTOMETRIST. THE EE WAS WEARING A WELDING HELMET AND SAFETY EQUIPMENT.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A SACKING MACHINE WHEN THE RING FINGER OF HIS LEFT HAND WAS CAUGHT IN A CHAIN. THE EMPLOYEE'S FINGER WAS PINCHED AND CUT.
WHILE GRINDING ON A PIECE OF METAL PLATE FOR A FEEDER, A PIECE OF THE GRINDINGS BECAME STUCK IN THE EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT EYE. THE EMPLOOYEE WAS WEARING BOTH SAFTELY GLASSES AND A FACE SHIELD AT TH E TIME. THE EMPLOYEE IS NOW ADDITIONALLY WEARING A PAIR OF GOGGLES TO ATTEMPT TO ELIMINATE ANY FUTURE RECURRANCE.
WHILE GRINDING ON A PIECE OF METAL PLATE FOR A FEEDER BREAKER, A PIECE OF THE GRINDINGS BECAME STUCK IN THE EE'S LEFT EYE. THE EE WAS WEARING BOTRH SAFETY GLASSES AND A FACE SHIELD AT THE TIME .
INDIVIDUAL WAS GRINDING ON A PIECE OF METAL. A SMALL FLECK OF METAL GOT BEHIND HIS SAFETY GLASSES & INTO HIS LEFT EYE. AS THE OBJECT DID NOT WORK ITS WAY OUT AFTER SEVERAL DAYS, HE WENT TO AN OPTOMETRIST ON 12/18/00 TO HAVE IT REMOVED.
INDIVIDUAL WAS PLACING A BAG IN THE SEWING MACHINE WHEN THE MIDDLE FINGER OF HIS LEFT HAND GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE INTAKE CHAINS, PINCHING HIS FINGER. THE INDIVIDUAL SUSTAINED A SUBUNGAL HEMOTO MA AND BLOOD WAS DRAINED FROM UNDER THE FINGER NAIL.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING ANCHOR HOLES IN THE HIGH-TOP MINE ROOF WHEN HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.