Employee was using an air gun to loosen bolts on the crushing plant and the air gun blew dirt into his right eye.
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October 24, 2011
ME · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
MACHINERY
Steelstone Industries Inc. · Struck by flying object
Steelstone Industries I · Fall from machine
Employee was welding on the wash rack. After he unhooked his safety harness to reposition himself, he slipped on some gravel and fell 16 feet to the ground below. There were no witnesses to the incident, he called on his cell phone to report the fall to a co-worker. He bumped his left temple and had a tail bone contusion.
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