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EMPLOYEE WAS TURNING FAN AND CAUGHT HIS LEFT LITTLE FINGER IN A PINCH POINT. GUARD WAS REMOVED FOR MAINTENANCE.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING NEXT TO A SHORE CLEANING GRATE THAT WAS RECESSED IN THE FLOOR, HOWEVER THE EDGE OF THE GRATE GLANGE WAS RAISED APPROX. 1/4 INCH AS HE STEPPED ACROSS HIS LEFT FOOT HE CAUGHT HIS RIGHT SHOE SOLE ON THE GRATE FLANGE, AS PRESENT HE FELL AND INJURED HIS RIGHT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS PERFERMING PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE ON WELDER. AS THE WAS ADJUSTING THROTTLE ROD HIS HAND SLIPPED OFF THE ROD AND INTO THE FAN BLADE ON THE WELDER ENGINE GUARD HAD BEEN REMOVED IN OBJECT TO PERFORM PM TASK.
EMPLOYEE WAS STACKING 50 LB BALES ON PALLET APPROX. 5 FT HIGH WHEN HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK LOWER LUMBAR REGION.
EMPLOYEE WAS INSIDE DUCT WORK AND WAS BACKING OUT WHEN HE BACKED INTO A METAL CLIP USED TO HOLD THE DUCT WORK SECTION IN PLACE, THIS CLIP PUNCTURED THE SKIN INTRAPPING SOME METAL FRAGMENTS, TH E FRAGMENTS HAD TO BE REMOVED BY A DOCTOR WHICH REQUIRED 3 SUTURES TO CLOSE
EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING TRANSMISSION IN TRUCK AND TRANSIMISSION JACK RELEASE WAS ACCIDENTALY ACTIIVATED AND AS IT CAME DOWN IT CAUGHT HIS FINGER. THE FINGER WAS LACERATED WHICH REQUIRED 7 SUTUR ES
CUTTING METAL WITH OXY-ACETY TORCH AND PIECE OF HOT SLAG FELL BACK ON HOSE.HOT SLAG BURNED HOLE IN HOSE WHICH CAUSED FIRE TO ERUPT WHICH BURNED EMPL LEFT HAND -THUMB AND INDEX FINGER.
EMP WAS TACK WELDING BRACES ON PLATFORM IN THE PLANT AREA WHILE HE W AS POSITIONING A BRACE IT SLIPPED AND TWISTED HIS BACK ASA RESULT HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK AND TORE A STOMACH MUSC
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING BULL DOZER AND WAS MOVING DUMS OF PESTIDE CONTAINING WASTE ONE OF THE DRUM RUPTURED AND EMITTAD ITS DUSTY CONTENTS THE EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING A RESPIRATOR BUT SOME OF THE WASTE GOT ON HIS SKIN AS A RESULT THE PESTIDE WAS ABSORBED THROUGH THE SKIN.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ACROSS DRUM TOPS CARRYING A 5-GALLON RAN AND WAS ABOUT TO TOSS IT TO A DIFFERENT AREA WHEN HIS FOOTING SLIPPED. AS A RESULT HE STRAINED HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE CLIMBED OUT OF CAB OF DUMP TRUCK ONTO DUMP BODY LADDER AND STRUCK HIS HAD ON TARP STORAGE COMPARTMENT WHICH PROTRUDES FROM DUMP BODY AS A RESULT HE CUT HIMSELF ABOVE RT EYE LACERATION REQUIRED THREE SUTURES TO CLOSE
EE WAS LEAVING EQUIPMENT AT END OF SHIFT. STEPPED OFF HIS EQUIPMENT & CAUGHT HIS FINGER IN DOOR. CUT END OF RING FINGER ON LEFT HAND. REQUIRED 4 SUTURES TO CLOSE.
TRUCK DRIVER WAS HAULING TRUCK LOADED WITH PRODUCT. HE WAS MISINFORMED THAT HIS TRUCK WAS LOADED AND DID NOT CHECK TRUCK BEFORE HE PULLED AWAY FROM DOCK. FORKLIFT OPERATOR WAS ACTUALLY STILL L OADING TRUCK AND AS TRUCK PULLED AWAY FROM THE DOCK FORKLIFT HIS BACK AND NECK.
SUBPROTED THAT EMPLOYEE GOT METAL IN HIS EYE
A TRUCK LOAD OF WSTE WAS UNLOADED AND SPREQD OUT AS EMPLOYEE WALKED THRU THE AREA HE WAS EXPOSTED TO SOME FUMS THAT IRRITATED HYIS EYES AND FACE
OPERATING PAN OVER ROUGH GROUND AND BODY WAS JOLTED IN PAN SEAT WHICH STRAINED NUSCLE IN HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING MECHANIC REPLACE A DISC ON A SIDE GRINDER IN THE STOCK ROOM WHEN THE HOLDING NUT BROKE FREE THE DISC TURNED CARRYING THE EMPLOYEES HAND INTO THE BODY CUTTING HIS FINGER
CONNECTION WHERE FLEXIBLE ACETYLENE SUPPLY LINE JOINS TORCH BEGAN LEAKING FLAME FROM TORCH OR A SPARK IGNITED THIS GAS BURNING THE EMPLOYEE ON THE LOWER LEFT ARM
EMPLOYEE WAS USING CHAIN SAW CLEARING AREA TO BE MINED SAW SLIPPED CUTTING LOWER LEFT LEG REQURIING 3 STITCHES
A PALITAGING EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING THE TAPE JOINING THE SMALL PACKAGES OF KITTY LITTER AS T HEY CAME OFF THE FILLING LINE. THE KNIFE JERKED DURING A CUT AND WAS DEFLELTED INTO HIS LEFT HAND INFLICTIN A LACERATION.
EMPL HAD JUST LIFTED BACKHOE BUCKET FROM RESERVOIR WHEN CLOD OF SOLIDIFIED MATERIAL FELL FROM BUCKET BACK INTO LIQUID.SPLASHED LIQUID UNDER OPEN WINDSHIELD AND INTO LEFT EYE -RECEIVED SLIGHT A CID BURN IN LEFT EYE.