Was using a grinder on tailgate and the grinder got caught and jerked back into nose. Nostril was cut and received sutures at Salem Clinic Urgent Care.
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June 16, 2017
OR · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
MACHINERY
Windsor Rock Products · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
September 7, 2004
OR · Metal/Non-Metal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
MACHINERY
Windsor Rock Products · Contact with hot objects or substances
Worker was welding in a chute, positioned on his side. A piece of hot slag entered his helmet and hit him in the right eye. It burned his eye lid and his eye.
January 27, 2004
OR · Metal/Non-Metal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
MACHINERY
Windsor Rock Products · Contact with hot objects or substances
Worker was cutting metal with a cutting torch when the hot metal popped and went into his left ear. Worker wiped his ear and continued to work.
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