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March 26, 2006 IN · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vigo County Synfuel LLC. · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

Opening a bag of caustic soda, a puff of dust from the bag caused a small particle to blow under safety glasses into right eye. Flushed out, went to emergency room to be checked. Other than redness and sore, there was no damage or impairment.

December 28, 2004 IN · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gibson County Synfuel LLC. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee cleaning pug mill, as he exited, mill door closed on hand mashing thumb on right hand.

August 21, 2004 IN · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
PC Illinois Synthetic Fuel #2, LLC · Contact with hot objects or substances

Employee was unloading asphalt truck. Believed truck to be empty. Took hose off without shutting valve on truck. Truck was not empty which resulted in asphalt flowing from valve onto employee.

June 25, 2004 IN · Coal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
PC Kentucky Synthetic Fuel #3, LLC · Struck by falling object

Helping to align skirt board on feeder bin, foreign material fell into safety glasses and got in eye. On site first aid. Hospital ER for object removal from eye.

April 26, 2002 IN · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gibson County Synfuel LLC. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS BENDING A PIECE OF METAL INTO PLACE TO BE WELDED THE METAL SLIPPED FROM UNDER THE PORT-A-POWER USED TO HOLD THE METAL, STRIKING EE ON THE CHIN.

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