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EE STATES HIS LEFT HAND SLID OFF THE GRINDING WHEEL AND CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE GRINDING WHEEL
EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS GRINDING METAL WHEN METAL ENTERED HIS RIGHT EYE.
EE STATES ARM OF TELEDYNE HAMMER CAME DOWN & STRUCK ANGLE HE WAS HOLDING WHICH CAUSED THE PIECE OF ANGLE TO HIT THE EE.
DRILLER WAS DRILLING ANGLE HOLES IN FRONT OF A WALL CONTAINING LOOSE AND BROKEN STONE. TWO LARGE STONES FELL FROM THE LEVEL ABOVE STRIKING HIM IN THE LEG.
EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS PUSHING A WHEELBARROW & IT STARTED TO TILT. IN TRYING TO KEEP THE WHEEBARROW UP, HE TURNED HIS LEFT KNEE. *THIS JUST TURNED INTO A REPORTABLE ACCIDENT.
EE STATES HE WAS WELDING & AN ARC FLASHED IN HIS EYES.
EE STATED HE BLEW FINE METAL PARTICLES WITH HIS MOUTH AND SOME FLEW INTO HIS FACE UNDER HIS SAFETY GLASSES.
EE STATES HE WAS THREADING WIRE THRU TUBE ON THE AUTOMATIC WELDER WHEN THE WIRE PUNCTURED HIS LEFT HAND.
EMPL STATES WAS STANING ON CATWAL, FACING SHEAVEWITH HAND ON SHEAVE WHEN CRANE STARTED TO LIFT CABLE & IT MOVED & CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN THE CABLE & SHEAVE.
EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS GRINDING ON A LOADER FRAME SPARKS WERE COMING FROM GRINDING BACK ON HIS RT LEG HE WAS STANDING ON A 4FT STEP LADDER HE MOVED SUDDENLY BACKWARDS TO AVOID SPARKS & TWISTED HIS BACK
EMPL STATES HE WAS STANDING ON SLOPE WITH CHAINSAW IN PROCESS OF CUTTING TREE. WHILE STARTING TO CUT TREE IT SPLIT THROUGH MIDDLE & SPLIT END CAME BACK & HIT LEG.
EMPL REPORTS ELBOW PAIN FROM PUSHING SWING LEVER IN DROPBALL.THIS JUST DEVELOPED INTO A MEDICAL ACCIDENT.
EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS USING THE GRINDER DIRT FROM ALL OVER THE APRON FEEDER DIRT WENT INTO EMPLOYEES EYE
EE STATES HE WAS ON TOP OF THE BARS GETTING READY TO LOOSE THE TORCH. HE LAID THE TORCH UP AGAINST RUBBER TO CLEAN OFF BOLTS TO BE CUT. THE TORCH SLID DOWN AND THE FLAME HIT HIS LEFT HAND.
DRILLING BLAST HOLES STEEL POPPED OUT HITTING HI ON SIDE OF HEAD CONCUSSION
EMPL STANDING ON CATWALK AS PLANT OPER WORKING HYDRAULIC CONTROLS TO MOVE BOWL ADJUSTMENT RAM.RAM KICKED OUT AND MISSED LUG.HE APPLIED PRESSURE WITH RIGHT HAND TO HOLD RAM IN.RAM RAISED UP AND HIS FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN RAM FORK AND LIFTING HOOK.
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING IN THE CRUSHER SHANTY WITH THE DOOR OPEN, MONITORING THE CRUSHER WHEN A STONE CHIP CAME IN THE DOOR AND ENTERED HIS RIGHT EYE.
THE EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS INSTALLING A DRIVE BELT, AND WHILE TRYING TO ROLL BELT ONTO SHEAVE, HIS HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE V BELT AND SHEAVE. THEREFORE, PULLING HIM INTO IT, CAUSING HIS BO DY TO TURN WITH ROTATION OF DRIVE SHEAVE. DISLOCATING HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.
THE EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS REMOVING A STEEL PLATE FROM THE TRUCK BODY WITH THE USE OF A CRANE, WHEN THE METAL PLATE SLID OFF AND DROPPED DOWN INTO THE CHANNEL WHERE HIS HAND WAS. INJURING HIS RIGHT POINTER AND MIDDLE FINGER.
EMPL STATES HE WAS BENT OVER STEEL PLATE WITH BURNING TORCH CUTTING PIECE OF PLATE. IN DOING SO FIRE WAS BLOWN ONTO TOP OF SHOES CAUSING BURNT TO TOP & BOTTOM OF LEFT FOOT.
EMP STATES HE W5S GRINDING ON BOX SO THAT HE WOULD BE ABLE TO WELD ON SAID PIECE. AFTER GRINDING EMP TOOK OFF HIS SAFETY GLASSES AND WIPED SWEAT OFF HIS BROW WHEN HE NOTICED SOMETHING I IN RT EYE. HE 7RIED TO WIPE IT OUT, BUT AT QUITTING TIME HIS EYES WE RE RED AND WATERY. N HIS WAY HOME HE NOTICEDD A FOREIGN OBJECT IN RT EYE
THE EMPLOYEE ST5TES HE WAS BURNING A HOLE IN STEEL WHENA PIECE BURNED THORUGH HIS LEFT PANT LEG AND FELL INTO HIS LEFT BOOT. BURNING THE TOP OF HIS LEFT FOOT.
EMP STATES HE W5S SITTING ON ONE IMPELLER, WELDING ON THE OTHER IMPELLER WHEN HOT SLAG WENT IN HIS SHOE AND BURNT HIS FOOT. 3RD DEGREE BURNS
THE EE STATES 7HAT HE WAS REMOVING THE CLEANOUT FROM THE PUMP WHEN SUCTION WAS BROKEN. THE EES FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE CLEANOUT & THE HOLDIN NUT.