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Employee utilized an air hammer to free a stuck part when part of the tooling broke off and punctured their arm.
Employee alleges was grinding surface to weld studs and the shrapnel bounced off of the wall and went into EE's grinding hood in EE's left eye.
Employee alleges EE was cutting a piece of steel on a truck frame with a grinder and the wheel slipped from EE's hand and cut EE's left arm. EE received stitches.
Employee alleges he was using a cutting torch to cut a V bolt and he removed his gloves to do something and when he went to grab his gloves the torch burned his right fingers.
Employee alleges his safety glasses fogged up as he was welding, he removed them to clean them and the weld check cracked and released a piece of metal that flew into his eye.
Employee alleges he was loosening bolts on a blowbar with a impact gun and the bolts came loose pinning his hand between the crusher and impact gun bruising his left hand. *Late reporting due to employee was just scheduled for surgery on 12-18-09 and will start loosing time then.
EMPLOYEE ALLEGES SHE WAS TRIMMING BUSHES AND THE HEDGE CLIPPER SLIPPED AND CUT HER LEFT POINTER FINGER.
EE ALLEGES HE WAS TRYING TO LINE UP ELBOW WITH A PUMP. THERE WAS A CRACK IN THE WELD AND IT FLEW BACK AND HIT HIM ON HIS ARM, CUTTING HIS LEFT ARM.
EE ALLEGES HE WAS GRINDING PIPE WITH A GRINDER AND HE STARTED HAVING PAIN IN HIS LEFT WRIST.