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EMPLOYEE WAS USING A PORTABLE DRILL PRESS TO DRILL A HOLE INTO A SHORT PIECE OF ANGLE IRON. EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING THE PIECE OF IRON WITH HIS HAND INSTEAD OF USING A CLAMP. AS THE BIT BROKE THRO UGH THE HOLE, IT CAUGHT THE ANGLE IRON UP AND MADE IT BEGIN TO SPIN. EMPLOYEE'S HAND GOT CAUGHT UP IN THIS MOTION AND FRACTURED HIS WRIST.
EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING ON A LOADER BUCKET. WHERE HE WAS WELDING WAS DIFFICULT TO GET AT, AND REQUIRED POSITIONING THE STINGER INT EH BEST POSITION POSSIBLE, THEN LOWER PROTECTIVE HOOD BEFORE AR CHING, STINGER ACCIDNETALLY ARCHED WHILE HOOD WAS UP CAUSING EYES TO BE FLASH BURNED.
EMPLOYEE WAS PULVERIZING SAMPLES WITH PULVERIZER WHEN HE FELT HIS LEFT HAND BEGIN TO CRAMP THIS FEELING SLOWLY STARTED TO GET WORSE & MOVED INTO HIS WRIST NO SPECIFIC INCIDENT OCCURRED TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN EMPLOYEE DID NOT SEE A DOC FOR TREATMENT UNTIL 07-30-93
EE WAS CUTTING STEEL PIPE MOLTEN METAL OR SLAG POPPED OUT OF THE CUT AND INTO HIS EAR. EAR DRUM RECEIVED SMALL SECOND DEGREE BURN THAT CAUSED INFECTION. HEARING WAS NOT IMPAIRED.
EMPLOYEE USED WRENCH IMPROPERLY ON PIPE THREADER. RECEIVED LACERATION REQUIRING SUTURES.
EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING BIT WRENCH BACK ON DRILL MACHINE HIS GLOVE HUNG ON WRENCH AND HE DROPPED THE WRENCH ON HIS LEFT HAND CAUSING A FRACTURE TO MIDDLE FINGER.
EMPLOYEE WAS CUT TING SCREEN HOLES BIGGER SLAG SPLATTERED IN FACE EMPLOYEE NOTICED WHEN BRUSHING HIS TEETH FIVE PINHOLES IN THE FRONT TOP LEFT TOOTH (TWO FRONT TEETH ARE CAPPED)
WELDING AND GOT A FOREIGN BODY IN RIGHT UPPER LID.
EMPL COMPLAINED OF BACK PAIN DID NOT KNOW EXACT CAUSE EMPL IS REQUIRED AT TIMES TO POSITION HIMSELF IN AWKWARD POSTION WITHIN THE CRAN TO PERFORM CERTAIN MANEUVERS
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING WITH A TORCH WHEN SPARKS CAME BEHIND HIS HOOD, GETTING SOME SLAG IN HIS EYE.