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Employee was cutting steel with shearing machine. He had a piece leaning against the machine. The shearing machine caught and kicked out the leaning piece onto the top of his right foot, just behind steel toe.
EE WAS WORKING ON LOW HEAD AT WET GRINDING PLANT WHEN HE CUT HIS RIGHT THUMB ABOVE THE LAST KNUCKLE AND BELOW TIP OF THUMB.
WELDING PLATE STEEL ON REJECT BIN. TACK WELDED PLATE WITH HAND UNDER PLATE, PLATE STEEL FELL ON LEFT HAND. HE WAS TAKEN TO E.R. WHERE HIS HAND WAS SET, HE WAS RELEASED TO WORK. HE WENT TO ORTH OPEDIC SURGEON WHO RESET HAND AND TOOK HIM OFF WORK FOR 1 WEEK.
EE WAS CLEANING OUT A SMALL BIN UNDER A DUST COLLECTOR WHERE MICA MATERIAL HAD PACKED OFF ABOVE THE ROTARY VALVE. HE PLACED HIS ARM AND HAND THROUGH A SMALL OPENING IN THE BIN TO STIR AND DISL ODGE THE MATERIAL AND HIS RIGHT HAND FINGER CONTACTED ROTARY VALVE CAUSING A PARTIAL AMPUTATION ABOVE 1ST KNUCKLE TO INDEX & MIDDLE FINGERS. EE FAILED TO SHUT OFF AND LOCKOUT THE ROTARY VALVE
OPERATOR WAS CHECKING TRANSFER OF MICA FROM BIN WHEN HE SAW A SMALL LEAK IN AUGER TROUGH. OPERATOR WAS GOING TO REPLACE TAPE COVERING HOLE WHEN HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER TOUCHED THE AUGER. THE TIP OF HIS FINGER WAS AMPUTATED.