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WELDER/BURNER BURNING APART SCRAP STRUCTURAL STEEL. APPROX 5'X4'X 1/4" AND APPROX 200 LBS IN WEIGHT. BURNER POSTIONED HIMSELF IN FRONT OF MATERIAL BEING CUT UNDER ASSUMPTION PIECE WAS FROZEN T O GROUND. WHEN CUT FINISHED, PIECE FELL ONTO BURNERS LOWER BODY. BROKEN LEFT FEMUR AND HIP.
BURNING BOLTS OFF CHIMNEY STACK,STACK FELL HITTING HIM IN HEAD.
WELDING PIPE TOGETHER. DUST FLEW IN RIGHT EYE.
WELDING A PIPE IN FCP. HOT SPARKS FLEW AND HIT EAR.
OPERATING FINE COAL PLANT, GLASS SPLATTERED IN FACE THRU WINDOW.
OPERATING 181M- MARION DRAGSHOVEL.
WELDING PEA COAL CHUTE FOR POCKET AND BURNED RT HAND BETWEEN 2ND AND 3RD FINGER.
OPERATING PLANT, GOT SOMETHING IN EYE.
WORKIGN OUT COAL POCKETS COAL DIRT BLEW INTO EYE.
CLEANING OIL TANK OUT AND TURNED PUMP ON. OIL FLEW IN FACE.
WHILE GETTING DRILL READY TO DRILL WAS LEVELING DRILL, DRILL TIPPED OVER AND UPSET.
WELDING POCKETS IN BREAKER, SLAG OR DIRT FLEW IN EYE.
CUTTING PIPE IN BREAKER BEAM HIT SHOULDER KNOCKED OF SCAFFLING APPROX 12FT HIT HEAD ON TANK & FELL ON BACK ON STEEL GRATING
WHILE BURNING A PIECE OF IRON IN THE 150 TANK, THE END OF THE HOSE CAME OFF THE ACETALYNE TORCH AND BURNED HIS ABDOMEN.
TAKING HANGER BEARER OFF SHAKER, WENT TO BURN OFF PIPE AND SPARK WENT BEHING GLASSES.
CUTTING WOOD WITH A SAW, HAND SLIPPED AND HIT SAW.
MAN USING BENCH GRINDER TO REMOVE SLAG FROM IRON.
WHILE WELDING ON SHOVEL SHOE FOREIGN PARTICLES FLEW IN HIS EYE.
DRILLING A HANGER BOARD ON THE ROCK SHAKER THE DRILL TWISTED AND PULLED ON THUMB.
FLASH BURN RIGHT EYE WHILE HELPING WELDER.
WHILE BEING LOW9RED IN CAGE BY CRANE FROM APPROX 80' IN THE AIR, THE BRAKE FAILED TO HOLD IMMEDIATELY AND CAGE FELL FREELY FOR AABOUT 15' BEFORE COMING TO A SUDDEN STOP INJURING EMPLOYEES KNEE . CRANE OPERATO9 STATES BRAKE DIDNT HOLD DUE TO HEAVY RAIN AND WATER MUST HAVE DRIPPED ON TO THE BRAKE
IN MAKING QUICK TWIST TO GET OUT OF WAY OF HOT SPARK WHILE WELDING HURT BACK.
WALKING CAM SHAFT ON SHOVEL BROKE AND PIECE OF STEEL FLEW THROUGH AIR AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON SIDE OF FACE.
WHILE YARD CRANE WAS LIFTING SOCKET ASSEMBLY EMP MOVED UNDER LIFTING AREA AS WEDGE FELL OUT OF SOCKET AND STRUCK GLANCING BLOW ON EMP BACK
WAS CUTTING PC OF PIPE WITH TORCH BRACKER GROKE AND PC OF PIPE FELL AND STRUCK LEFT KNEE