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A Technician was working on crack repair in the revolving frame on a Marion 8750. While grinding, a small metal fragment contacted the employees right eye while wearing safety glasses and a welding hood.
Employee was cleaning the conveyor belt with a Vac Truck, when their arm was injured by the suction hose.
Employee was using a wire-wheel grinder to clean a S-hook used for painting. The S-hook got caught in the wire-wheel, injuring the employee's finger.
Working with boring bar.
An employee was cleaning mud and ice in the Shop with a Wrangler when the cutting edge got hooked on the rails that are embedded into the concrete floor. This caused the Wrangler to stop abruptly and the employee hit his lower lip on the steering wheel. The employee received a laceration that required stitches. The employee was wearing a seatbelt.
I WAS UP ON LIFT UNWINDING SPRINGS TO CHANGE OUT SPROCKET ON OPENER. I WAS TAKING OUT BOLTS AND NUTS WITH IMPACT WRENCH AND BACKUP WRENCH, WHEN I TOOK OUT FIRST BOLT AND NUT SPRING BEARING PLATE SPUN AROUND SHAFT AND CAUGHT MY WRIST AND CUT IT.
The employee was standing between the tri-structure and fairlead tower. He was in the process of removing a piece of keystock from the back leg of the fairlead tower. The employee was using a 5 inch grinder and a 5 inch wheel to remove the tack welds that were holding down the keystock. During this process the grinder kicked back, and struck his right leg causing a laceration.
Employee was grinding welds between 2 safety posts that come together. The grinder jammed between the post and kicked back hitting the employee in the welding shield breaking the hood. The clear lens and plastic on the hood broke causing lacerations and scratches on the employee's nose. The employee was taken into a clinic where he received 6 stitches.
Emp noticed an eye irritation in his right eye on the evening of 2/3/12. The emp was fitting the top rim angle on a fuel tank earlier that day on a mine site. The emp did not seek medical attention until 2/6/12. An optometrist diagnosed that he had developed a scratch on his eye but was released to come back to work that day with prescription antibiotic eye drops.
Employee was setting up a punch press when a piece of metal flew into the employee's right eye.
CUTTING OUT BAD AREA OF A PATCH ON A PIPE. INSTALLED THE SAWZALL, SLIPPED AND POKED HIS LOWER LEFT CALF DAMAGING HIS ARTERY AND MUSCLE.