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EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING HIS TRUCK OUT BY BLOWING WITH AN AIR HOSE AND GOT SOMETHING IN HIS EYE.
WALKING TO TRUCK READY LINE GOT TOO CLOSE TO WELDING JOB REC FLASH BURN TO EYES
WALKING TO TRUCK READY LINE GOT TOO CLOSE TO WELDING JOB REC FLASH BURN TO EYES
WHILE REMOVING A WEAR PLATE FORM THE RIGHT SIDE OF A RUBBER TIRED DOZER BLADE THE PLATE POPPED LOOSE, FELL AND STRUCK HIM ON THE LEFT FOOT. THE RESULTS WAS A LOST TIME INJURY.
LIFTING CHIP HOPPER FULL OF MUCK OVERHEAD CRANE PUSHING ON WIRE ROPE ABOVE BLOCK AND TACKLE TO PUSH LOAD TO HOPPER WHICH WAS BEING LIFTED. L RING FINGER GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE WIRE ROPE AND A PULLEY
HOLDING ROD WIPER, TURNED ROTATION IT TWISTED FINGER CAUSING TORN LIGAMENTS
EMPL WELDING ON DRILL SUB.STOPPED WELDING AND LIFTED FACE SHIELD -PIECE OF WELDING SLAG POPPED OFF WELD AND ENTERED RIGHT EYE.EMPL WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES W/SIDE SHIELDS.
THE INJURED INDVIVIDUAL WAS GRINDING A SEAM ON A HDPE HEAP LEACH LINER. THE INVDIVIDUAL STOOD UP WHILE THE GRINDER WAS OPERATING AND THE GRINDING WHEEL BECAME ENTANGLED IN THE INVIDVIDUAL'S TR OUSERS RESULTING IN A MILD ABRASION TO THE UPPERINNER RIGHT THIGH AND SCADTUM.
ADDING DRILL ROD HAND GOT CAUGHT BEHIND ROD PINCHING HAND THIS CAUSED LACERATION AND ABRASION TO RIGHT HAND NO FRACT ON X RAY.
ONE EMPLOYEE WAS REAMING OUT A PIEC OF STEEL ANOTHER WORKING ALONG SIDE WHILE ONE BENT DOWN TO PICK UP A PIECE A PIECE OF METAL FROM THE REAMING OPERATOR ENTERED THE EYE ON THE SIDE OF THE SA FETY GLASSES
WHILE REMOVING 7HE BOLTS FROM THE OIL PAN OF A CAT THE BOLT WAS REMOVED PRIOR TO BLOCKING THE OIL PAN. AS THE PAN DROPPED IT CAUGHT THE INDEX FINGER BETWEEN THE PAN AND THE AIR TOOL USED TO R EMOVE THE BOLT.3 THE RESULT WAS A CUT FINGER.
EE WAS DRILLING USING A DRILL MOTOR BIT LOCKED UP IN THE HOLE. HE LET GO OF DRILL MOTOR & AS HE DID HIS RIGHT HAND STRUCK AGAINST SHARP PIECE OF METAL.
EMP WAS GRINDING A PIPE WELD WITH A 4 1/2" BLACK & DECKER GRINDER WHEN THE GRINDER KICKED BACK CATCHING THE CLOTH BACKED GLOVE ON HIS LEFT HAND, LACERATING THE BACK OF THE LEFT MIDDLE FINGER
EMP WAS WATCHING HIS HELPER GRIND A WELD WITH A BEAD DISK WHEN HE FELT SOMETHING ENTER HIS EYE. HE REPORTED THIS TO HIS FOREMAN & THEY THOUGHT THEY REMOVED THE FOREIGN BODY. ON 9-25-85 HE HAD A RUST RING TO HIS EYE & WAS SENT TO THE DR
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON NARROW STEEL BEAM APPROXIMATELY 30 FEET OFF THE GROUND. HE WAS IN AN AKWARD POSITION HOLDING A PIECE OF STEEL IN POSITION TO WELD ON IT. WHILE DOING SO HE APPARENTLY ST RAINED HIS BACK.
F HOT SLAG LANDED ON HIS EYEBALL WITH A RUST SPOT DEVELOPING IN A FEW DAYS.
EMP WAS MAKING A STRUCTUAL STEEL CNNECTION HE STUCK HIS SPAD WRENCH IN A BOLT ON THE BEAM WHILE THE CRANE WAS HOISTING UP. THE SPUD WRENCH POPPED UP CATCHING HIS LEFT WRIST BETWEEN THE BERM AN D SPUD WRENCH THE SKIN WAS NOT BROKEN OR BRUISED BUT THE EMP COMPLAINED OF PAIN IN THE LEFT WRIST AREA, UPON X-RAY EXAM IN HAWTHORNE. A HAIRLINE FX WAS FOUND