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TWO CONTRACTORS WERE ATTCHING A HANDRAIL TO THE TOP OF A 3000 GALLON BLEND TANK I TOOK PRELIMINARY READINGS OF TRANK & AREA WITH A GASTECH MODEL COMBUSTIBLE GAS INDICATOR WHICH WE HAVE & USE O N SITE READINGS WERE ZERO PERCENT OF THE LOWER EXPLOSIVE LIMIT & 20.9% OXYGEN HAVING FOUND NO FLAMMABLE VAPORS IN THE AREA & AFTER A GUARD WAS POSTED WITH A FIRE EXTINGUISHER I ALLOWED THE CO
EMPLOYEE WAS PERFORMING BASIC HOUSEKEEPING DUTIES IN AND AROUND A SOLIDS STORAGE PAD. INJURED NOTICED A PIECE OF ALUMINUM SCRAP APPROXIMATELY 1 1/2" X 6' LONG PROTRUDING FROM A PILE. AS HE PUL LED ON IT, HIS HAND SLID AND CUT FINGER.
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING PLASTIC FROM DIRT PILES AS A FRONT-END LOADER WAS DUMPING. DUST IS GENERATED DURING THE PROCESS AND A FINE PARTICLE OF METAL GOT AROUND HIS SAFETY GLASSES. EMPLOYEE DID NO T NOTICE UNTIL IRRITATION DEVELOPED OVER EXTENDED WEEKEND.
A CUSTOMERS TRUCK ARRIED FOR OFF-LOADING A PAD LOCK HAD BEEN PLACED ON THE LOCKING CAP & THE DRIVER DID NOT HAVE A KEY INJURED OBTAINED A SET OF BOLT CUTTERS TO REMOVE THE LOCK AS THE SHANK WA S CUT A PROJECTILE SHATTERED THE LENS OF HIS SAFETY GLASSES THE EYE-BALL WAS NOT INJURED & GLASS PARTICLES WERE FLUSHED FROM AROUND THE EYE