Description of Incident
While preparing to transfer steel plates using a steel lifting magnet, a crew person was injured.
What happened?
The crew person attempted to adjust a magnet by releasing a locking lever that was located low and far from their reach. As they adjusted the lever, it recoiled
suddenly because of the spring-loaded tension, hitting them in the face. They sustained a cut to the left cheek requiring fifteen stitches. It could have been worse:
it might have been damaged or broken teeth or facial bones in this incident.
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