EMPLOYEE NOTICED AN OIL LEAK ON THE CRUSHER HE WAS OPERATING AND WENT TO INSPECT. UPON FINDING THE LEAK, HE PULLED ON A HOSE TO SEE IF IT WAS LOOSE AND A PIPE FITTING BROKE OFF, SPRAYING OIL O N OR ABOUT HIS EYES.
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July 5, 1994
PA · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
MACHINERY
Small Mountain Quarry Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Small Mountain Quarry Inc · Flash burns (welding)
WHILE ELECTRIC ARC WELDING, EMPLOYEE WAS FLASHED BY ELECTRIC ARC WHEN HIS WELDING HOOD 3WAS NOT IN POSITION. EMPLOYEE COMPLAINED THE NEXT MORNING OF SORE EYES AND WENT TO HSI DOCTOR WHO SAID TO REST HIS EYES FOR A DAY.
February 14, 1991
PA · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
MACHINERY
Small Mountain Quarry Inc · Struck by flying object
WHILE GRINDING A WELD ON PRIMARY CRUSHER PLANT, A PIECE OF METAL WAS MBEDDED IN EMPLOYEE RIGHT EYE
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