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BURNED EYES WHILE WORKING AROUND WELDER.
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING SOME PIPE WITH TORCH TO PUT UP A LADDER ON THE CAT WALK AT QUARRY.HE SAYS THAT IN CUTTING THE PIPE,THAT SOME RUST OR SOMETHING GOT IN BEHIND THE CUTTING GLASSES THAT HE WA S WEARING AND SCRATCHED OR IRRITATED THE LEFT EYEBALL.HE WASHED THE EYE WITH EYE LOTION,BUT IT STILL FELT SOMETHING IN THE EYE,SO HE WENT TO THE LOCAL HEALTH CLINIC.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING BOULDERS-HAMMER HUNG CAUSED FELL THREW INTO HUGE BOULDER-BACK HIT FIRST. ABRASIONS=NO DOVIOUS CUTS. ( EMPLOYEE SAID IN PAIN, GOING TO CLINIC.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING A BOULDER WITH A JACKHAMMER WHEN THE BOULDER SPLIT & CAUGHT THE EMPLOYEES RT FOOT BETWEEN PIECE OF BOULDER THAT SPLIT & NOTHER BOULDER BRUISING THE FOOT REAL BAD HE WENT TO THE LOCAL CONVENIENT CARE CLINIC & WAS EXAMINED & X-RAYS TAKEN DOC SAID THAT FOOT WAS NOT BROKEN ONLY BADLY BRUISED HE ADVISED EMPLOYEE TO STAY OFF WORK & OFF HIS FOOT FOR THE NEXT DAY
EMPL WAS CUTTING PIECE OF METAL FROM CONVEYOR AT QUARRY WITH WELDING TORCH. PIECE OF HOT METAL FELL ON RIGHT HAND BETWEEN FINGERS BURNING THEM. HE WAS GIVEN FIRST AID TREATMENT AT COUNTY HIGHW AY DEPARTMENT OFFICE. HE WORKED REST OF DAY & NEXT. ON SAT RED STREAKS BEGAN TO APPEAR ON HAND & ARM. HE WENT TO EMERGENCY ROOM OF COOKEVILLE GENERAL HOSP & WAS TREATED THERE.
EMPL CUTTING ST9EL BEAM LOOSE ON FRAME AROUND HAMMER MILL WITH WELDING TORCH AND D FELLOW EMPL WERE SUPPOSED TO BE HOLDING THE BEAM.WHEN THE EMPL HAD CUT THROUGH THE BEAM THE OTHERS WERENT HOL DING THE BEAM A3D IT FELL STRIKING EMPL ACROSS RIGHT KNEE.HASNT SEEN DR TO DATE.
EMPLOYEE WAS US3NG A JACK HAMMER AND DRILLING A BOULDER, WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK AND LIME DUST GOT IN HIS RIGHT EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING IN FRONT OF A UKE TRUCK AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS BURSTING BOULDERS WITH A HEADACHE BALL SOME DISTANCE AWAY WHEN THE HEADACHE BALL STRUCK A BOULDER AND A PORTION OF ROCK W AS THROWN THROUGH THE AIR AND STRUCK THIS EMPLOYEE ON THE RIGHT CHEEK AND NECK BELOW EAR AND EXTENDING TOWARD THE CENTER OF THE BACK.
EMP WAS OPERATING CRANE BURSTING BOULDERS WHEN CABLE ON CRANE BROKE AND END OF CABLE GOT CAUGHT IN SPROCKET WHEN EMP PULLED THE CABLE LOOSE ONE O F THE LITTLE WIRES OF THE VCABLE STRUCK HIM TOP OF MIDDLE FINGER OF RT HAND BETWEEN THE SECOND JOINT AND KNUCKLE AND STUCK IN HIS FINGER