EE was helping install safety chains on the presip catwalk. he was holding a latch for EE White to weld. The welding rod accidentally while showing another ee were he should hold the part, and touched the part. a spark came off and went over EE safety glasses into his left eye lid.
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Showing all 15Employee was removing masking tape from an air line in the bag house, when the air system was turned on. This employee's head was right next to an air vent when the system came on next to his left ear.
The subject was washing truck scales with high powered pressure washer, when he inadvertently struck the palm of his left hand, subject's hand is swollen and aching with a small laceration in the center.
Employee was sitting in a chair at the valve-bagger station. You push foot pedal then a bag fills up, slide the bag off, slide the next one on, then press the foot pedal down. He said he pushed the foot pedal down then he felt a pain go from the bottom of his left leg up to his lower back.
Employee saw plastic caught in two of the small belts by the knife on machine #137 and tried to remove it while belts were still running fracture of left index finger.
EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING PIPE IN PLACE ON ELEVATOR & A PIECE OF SLAG DROPPED IN RT.BOOT & BURNED RT. ANKLE.
WELDING BUILDING MATERIAL PIPES & GOT WELDER BURN TO RIGHT EYE.
Grinding and welding on feed hood when foreign object got in left eye.
EE WAS INSPECTING EAST MILL & PIN SHEARED & ARM KICKED BACK & STRUCK RIGHT HAND & FOREARM.
AIR HOSE CAME OFF CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO DROP JACKHAMMER, CAUGHT WITH RIGHT HAND AND BROKE RIGHT THUMB.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING 90 LB. JACKHAMMER TO BUST OUT REFRACTOR IN KILN.
CUTTING ON HOPPER CONE WHEN IT GAVE WAY AND WHILE PREVENTING HIMSELF FROM FALLING FELT SOME PAININ ABDOMEN AREA.
WHILE CHECKING POWER SUPPLY, BELT CAME ON AND TWISTED RIGHT ARM IN BELT DRIVE AND REDUCER SHEAVE.
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING BOARD WITH A TORCH OVERHEADAND A FOREING OBJECT BOUNCHED OFF GLASSES AND ENTERED RIGHT EYE.
EE WAS CUTTING WITH TORCH HELPING WELDER. THE WELDER FLASHED CAUSING A BURN TO BOTH EYES.