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WHEN ATTEMPTING TO UNPLUG BRIDGED MATERIAL FROM #2 CYCLONE, HOT KILN DUST BEGAN TO FREE FLOW FROM THE TIPPER DISCHARGE VALVE. EE WAS BURNED BY THIS HOT FREE FLOWING DUST.
EE BURNED HIS FACE AND RIGHT FOREARM WHILE CLEANING THE KILN FEED ENDDRAFT PIPE. WHILE EE WAS CARRYING OUT HIS CLEANING DUTIES, THE BURNER LIT THE KILN. THIS BLEW THE THERMO COUPLE INSPECTION CAP OPEN COVERING HIS BODY WITH HOT DUST.
EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A SLIDE FROM UNDER THE FULLER DUST COLLECTOR AS HE PULLED OUT THE SLICE THE COLLECTOR BLEW DOWN THE BAGS & THE PRESSURE FORCED DUST OUT BEHIND THE SLIDE THIS DUST B LEW INTO EE LEFT EYE EE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL EMERGENCY ROOM THERE HIS EYES WERE FLUSHED HE WAS GIVEN DROPS & OINTMENT & A PATCH WAS PUT ON HIS EYE FOR 24 HOURS
WHILE OPERATING A OVERHEAD HOIST AND MANEUVERINGFORKS TO LIFT A PALLET INJURED TWISTED HIS RIGHTKNEE AND AGGREVATED A PRE-EXISTING CONDITION. HIS PREVIOUS INJURY WAS NOT WORK RELATED AND OCC URRED BEFORE SHAWN BEGAN WORKING FOR REDLAND OHIO.
EE WAS USING A MAGNESIUM CUTTING BAR TO BURN OFF A BRIQUETTE PRESS ROLL. WHILE USING THIS CUTTING BAR, HE BURNED HIS LEFT HAND AND WRIST FROM RADIANT HEAT. HE RECEIVED 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO HIS LEFT HAND AND WRIST./
INJURED WAS PULLING COATING BALLS WITH A RAKE AT THE END OF #2 COOLER, WHILE HE WAS PULLING ON A BALL, ANOTHER BALL HIT THE RAKE KNOCKING IT LOOSE FROM TEH BALL AND THE HANDLE OF THE RAKE HIT INJURED'S GROIN AREA.
WHILE CLEANIGN THE RETURN CHUTE TO #2 COOLER, HOT MATERIAL FELL INTO RIGHT SHIFT SLEEVE BURNING HIS ARM.
CLEANING 4" PIPE WITH AIR HOSE. RAGS WERES TUFFED IN PIPE WITH AIR HOSE ON. WHEN MOVING NOSE OF HOSE BACK AND FORTH, DUST BLEW OUT OF PIPE INTO EYES.