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EE WAS OPERATING THE PULVERIZED BAGGER MACHINE AND DUST PIPE BECAME CLOGGED AND AREA BECAME DUSTY. EE REMOVED HIS SAFETY GLASSES AND WIPED HIS EYES WITH HIS SHIRT AND NOTICED AN IRRITATION IN HIS LEFT EYE.
I.NAME WAS IN THE PROCESS OF SWITCHING 2 GATES FOR A PRODUCT CHANGE, AS NORMAL, HE STEPPED ONTO THE SEPARATOR TO GET A BAR. AS HE STEPPED, HIS RIGHT FOOT BROKE THRU THE METAL TOP OF THE SEPARA TOR. THE FAN BLADES CAUGHT HIS FOOT CAUSING THE INJURY. ALSO, WHILE TRYING TO GET HIS RIGHT FOOT OUT, HIS LEFT FOOT WENT THRU THE SAME HOLE, CAUSING LESS SERIOUS INJURY TO HIS LEFT LEG.
DRILLER WAS OPERATING A TRAC DRILL A PLUG BLEW OUT OF THE HAMMER AND STRUCK HIM ON THE SIDE OF HIS HEAD ABOVE RT EYE