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The miner was performing regular maintenance, including welding, cutting, grinding, and torching. Sometime during this process, they got a piece of debris in their eye.

Employee believes they were grinding clamps on a belt when something went behind their PPE and got in their eye.

WHILE PRESSURE WASHING THAT AFTERNOON ON A WATER TRUCK, EE WAS WEARING EYE PROTECTIVE GOGGLES. AT THE END OF HIS SHIFT EE CAME INTO OFFICE TO CLEAN UP BY WASHING HIS HANDS & FACE TO LEAVE. HE NOTICED HIS EYE WAS IRRITATED AND FELT SOMETHING IN IT.

THE CHAIN SAW JUMPED OFF OF THE BAR. IT HIS A SMALL TREE LIMB WHICH SENT IT INTO HIS LEG CUTTING THROUGH HIS JEANS AND LEAVING A LACERATION THAT REQUIRED STITCHES.

HE WAS KNELT DOWN GRINDING METAL, WHILE GRINDING HE HIT A BURR ON THE METAL AND THE GRINDER DEFLECTED OFF AND HIT HIS LEFT KNEE.

EE WAS ABOVE THE PRIMARY CRUSHER, USING A CUTTING TORCH TO CUT OFF A RUSTY BOLT. A PIECE OF SLAG FLEW INTO HIS RT. EAR. HE COULDN'T HEAR OUT OF THAT EAR THE NEXT MORNING, BUT WAITED TO SEE IF IT GOT BETTER. HE WENT TO FAMILY DR.ON 5/13/04. THEY FOUND THE METAL ON HIS EAR DRUM, & REPORTED THAT IT WAS INFECTED. PRESCRIBED ANTIBIOTICS & REFERRED HIM TO SPECIALIST TO REMOVE METAL.

HE WAS CUTTING AND GRINDING METAL FOR HOPPER. A PIECE OF MATERIAL GOT BEHIND HIS SAFETY GLASSES.

EE WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF METAL WITH CUTTING TORCH. HE FINISHED HIS CUT AND TURNED TO SHUT HIS TORCH OFF, WHEN A PIECE OF SLAG POPPED OFF THE COOLING METAL AND FLIPPED INTO HIS RIGHT EYE BEHIND HIS SAFETY GLASSES.

EE GRINDING OLD WELD OFF FEEDER WHEEL. LATE IN SHIFT EE NOTICED SOMETHING IN HIS EYE. HE THOUGHT IT WAS DUST. LATER IN EVEING AT HOME, HIS EYE BOTHERED HIM MORE AND HE WENT TO THE ER. DR. REMO VED A FOREIGN OBJECT FROM LEFT EYE. FOLLOWUP WITH OPHTHALMOLOGIST.

EE WAS ENGAGED IN REPAIR WORK WELDING AND ASSISTING A SECOND EE IN WELDING. SOMETIME DURING THE SHIFT EE SUSTAINED A WELDING FLASH BURN TO HIS EYES EITHER FROM CATCHING A DIRECT FLASH OR FROM A REFLECTION OFF THE WATER. HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES AND INTERMITTENTLY A FACE SHIELD OR WELDING HOOD.

PERSON WAS USING A CUTTING TORCH TO CUT A COLLECTION/DISTRIBUTION BOX OFF OF A BEAM. THE BEAM WAS NOT SECURE, AND FELL ON EE'S FOOT AFTER BOX WAS CUT OFF.

EMPLOYEE WAS GRINDING A LIFTING EYE OFF SIDE PANEL OF 980F CATLOADER BUCKET WITH A 4" GRINDER. AFOREIGN OBJECT LODGED IN HIS RIGHT EYE. HE WAS WEARING HIS SAFETY GLASSES.

EMPLOYEE WAS BUILDING EQUIPMENT GUARDS. HE WAS WELDING PIPE SUPPORTS WHEN MOLTEN SLAG FROM THE WELDING PROCEDURE BURNED AND DAMAGED THE ACETYLENE HOSE OF A CUTTING TORCH THAT LAY NEAR HIM. THE FLASH OF BURNING ACETYLENE GAS BURNED THE EMPLOYEE'S LEFT HAND AND RIGHT FOREARM.

HANDLING TORCH, BURNED THROUGH GLOVE.

WELDING ON SPLIT MASTER IN SHOP AND BURN EYES.

EE RECEIVED FLASH BURNS WHILE HELPING ANOTHER EEREPAIR A LOADER BUCKET.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING STONE OFF OF A CRUSHER PLATFORM. APPROX 20' BELOW A SCREENING TOWER THE SCREEN HAD PLUGGED . A ROCK APPROX. 2 1/2 ROUND HIIT EMPLOYEE IN THE HARD HAT CAUSING HIS NECK TO FLEX. THE DOCTOR SAID HIS NECK HAD BEEN SPRAINED

CUTTING AND GRINDING METAL METAL PARTS FELL OF OFF GOGGLES INTO EYES.

HE AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE CLEANING PARTS FOR DIESTER SCREENS. THEY WERE APPROX. 8' APART. HE WAS FILING NICKS OFF A METAL SCREEN AND THE OTHER EMPLOYEE WAS WIRE BRUSHING RUST OFF A SMALL ME TAL PART USING AN ELECTRIC POWER TOOL. THE PART BEING WIRE BRUSHED WAS NOT SECURED CAUSING THE WIRE TO FLING THE PIECE STRIKING HIM.

EE WAS OPERATING THE CRUSHER. WHILE BRINING THE ROCK BREAKER AROUND TO BREAK A ROCK IN FRONT OF THE CRUSHER, ANOTHER ROCK WAS BEING CRUSHED. THE CURTAIN WAS PROPPED OPEN BY THE ROCK HEADING IN TO THE CRUSHER A SMALL ROCK FLEW OUT, RICHOCHETTED OFF THE BREAKER AND HIT HIM ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE FACE. IT WENT THRU HIS JAW AND INTO THE MOUTH, BREAKING HIS DENTURES.

EE WAS CLEARING A JAM AT THE PALITIZER HE HAD TURNED OFF THE POWER & CLIMBED ONTO THE MACHINE AS HE MOVED THE JAMMED BAG THE SLIP PLATE (AQUATED BY AIR PRESSURE) REBOUNDED STRICKING HIM JUST A BOVE THE RT KNEE

WHEN HE WENT TO UNHOOK CABLE BEEN TURNED OVER AND HIT TOE.

EE WAS DRILLING HOLE IN METAL CABINET WEN DRILL BIT CAUGHT, CAUSING DRILL TO SWING AROUND AND STUCK HIS RIGHT WRIST BREAKING HIS WRIST.

EMPLOYEES WERE LOADING CRANE ONTO LOWBOY TRAILER FOR TRANSPORT.WHEN THEY WENT TO SHIFT COUNTER-WEIGHTS,CRANE TIPPED OVER ON ITS SIDE.EMPLOYEE DRIVING CRANE JUMPED CLEAR OF CAB AND SPRAINED LEG

THE EE WAS BRUSHING A PIECE OF METAL USING A WIRE WHEEL ON PEDESTAL GRINDER. HE WAS DISTRACTED BY A LOUD NOISE IN THE SHOP AND TURNED HIS HEAD. A SMALL CHIP FLEW UP IN HIS RIGHT EYE. THE EE WA S WEARING SAFETY GLASSES WITH SIDE SHIELDS. THE EE STATED THE PIECE ENTERED BETWEEN THE SIDE SHIELD AND THE BOTTOM FRAME OF HIS GLASSES.

EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF DRILLING TEST HOLES IN A GRAVEL DEPOINT. WHILE RAISING THE DRILL APARATUS, A STATIONARY GUIDE BOUND ON THE AUGER AND RAISE WITH IT. WHEN THE AUGER BECAME PERPEND IEULAR WITH THE BOOM THE GUIDE FELL DOWN THE AUGER AND INJURED THE EMPLOYEES RIGHT HAND.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A POWER WASHER TO WASH A LOADER. DURING THE WEEK-END HIS EYE BECAME VERY IRRITATED. ON MONDAY (7/2/90) HIS EYE WAS RED AND IRRITATED AND HE DECIDED TO SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION .

EE WAS GRINDING ON A PIECE OF METAL ON THE GRAVEL PLANT. FIND DUST PARTICLES OF METAL GOT UNDER HIS SAFETY GLASSES AND EMBEDDED IN ONE EYE. THE DUST IRRITATED HIS EYE AND THAT EVENING WHILE RU BBING THE EYE. HE SCRATCHED HIS EYEBALL. TWELVE HOURS LATER HE WENT TO THE DUKES MEMORIAL HOSP EMERGENCY RM IN PERU. IND. THEY ADVISED HIM TO SEE A SPCEICALIST WITHIN 12 HOURS IF NOT BETTER.

EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING ON A STEEL BEAM, WHEN SOMETHING FLEW INTO HIS LEFT EYE.

EMPL TAKING RUST OFF STEEL BEAM WITH CUTTING TORCH WHEN PIECE OF METAL -RUST POPPED OFF AND FLEW INTO LEFT EYE.

WORKING IN SHOP3AREA WELDING ON A CONVEYOR WALKED INTO ANGLE IRON

SMALL SLIVER OF3STEEL FROM CUTTING & GRINDING INFECTION OF RIGHT KNEE.

OPERATING CRUSHER-ROCK FELL OFF FEEDER AND HIT FOOT