Rio Blanco Oil Shale Company Inc · Flash burns (welding)
EMPL WAS HOLDING A CLIP FOR ANOTHER MEPL WHO WAS WELDING EMPL THOUGHT HTHAT HE HAD ADEQUATELY SHIELDED HIS EYES BUT HE RECEIVED FLASH BURNS TO BOTH EYES
Tract C-A Metal/Non-Metal
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 4
- Years on record
- 1984–1988
- Latest incident
- Oct 1988
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
4 on file1988 · 1 incident
1986 · 2 incidents
Rio Blanco Oil Shale Company Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances
EMPLOYEE WAS US3NG A DISPENSER TO APPLY HEATED CRACK RUNWAY SEALER AND DISPENSER GOT CLOGGED UP AND WHEN IT DISLODGED ITSELF SPLATTERED ONTO EMPLOYEES ARM RT FOREARM THUS BURNING HIM APPLIED FIRST AID ON S3TE STARTED TO SWELL AND PAIN WENT TO SEE DR AND DR EXAMINED HIM REAPPLIED DRESSING AND PRESCRIBED AN ANTIBIOTIC TO CURE INFECTION
Rio Blanco Oil Shale Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE PICKED3UP 2 X 4 TO MOVE FROM OBSTRUCTING ABILITY TO MEASURE WELL LEVEL AT THAT TIME OCCURRED A SPLINTER TO RT THUMB WENT TO LOCAL DR HAD IT REMOVED REQUIRING 6 STITCHES
1984 · 1 incident
July 23, 1984
CO · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
MACHINERY
Rio Blanco Oil Shale Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
I.NAME WAS WORKING WITH TWO OTHER MEN LOWERING A 400 HP MOTOR ON A BASE. HE WAS PLACING SHIMS ON THE BASE WHEN THE POWER HOIST WAS ACCIDENTLY LOWERED RATHER THAN RAISED. THIS ACTION CAUGHT THE MIDDLE FINGER DISTAL PHALANGE ON THE LEFT HAND