CUTTING A PIECE OF 10" SAND PIPE WITH TORCH PRIOR TO REMOVAL OF PIPE. CRANE WAS HOLDING PIPE TO ALLOW CUTTING OF BOTTOM. WHEN FINAL CUT WAS MADE, PIPE SWUNG UP AND HIT HIM IN THE FOREHEAD.
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Ross County Gravel Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Ross County Gravel Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE STRAINED LOWER BACK WHILE PUMPING COLD HYDRAULIC OIL OUT OF 55 GAL. DRUM.
February 26, 1991
OH · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
MACHINERY
Ross County Gravel Company · Flash burns (welding)
EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING A PIECE OF STEEL WHILE A WELDE SPOT TO HOLD IN PLACE. EMPLOYEE TURNED AROUND BEFORE WELDER WAS FINISHED AND RECEIVED FLASH BURN TO BOTH EYES.
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