CLIMBING LADDER TO ELEVATOR AT ROTARY KILN WHEN DUST GOT INTO HIS EYE. HE WAS NOT CERTAIN WHETHER IT CAME OFF OF A RUNG OR THE WALKWAY ABOVE. SAFETY GLASSES WERE BEING WORN AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. EE WAS IMMEDIATELY TAKEN TO DR AND HADLIME EXTRACTED. THERE IS NOT PERMANENT IMPAIRMENT.
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Showing all 4EE WAS PICKING UP BOX OF BLASTING POWDER, WEIGHING APPROX. 55 BLS AND HE FELT A SLIGHT STING IN HIS HIP AREA. THINKING IT WAS NOTHING SERIOUS EE DID NOT REPORT IT AS AN ACCIDENT. ON JAN 30 EE STARTED EXPERIENCING NUMBNESS IN HIS RIGHT LEG.
HYDRATE TANKER - DRIVER HAD PRESSURIZED ONCE & WAS ATTEMPTING TO DO IT THE SECOND TIME - HE WAS TAKING CAR OFF OF BLOW-OFF PIPE - THE PRESSURE IN THE LINE BLEW HYDRATE IN HIS EYES & MOUTH.
WHILE EMPTYING THE SPILLAGE CHUTE A LARGE PIECE OF MATERIAL HUNG UP IN THE DOOR. INJURED PULLEDON THE CABLE TO OPEN THE DOOR WIDER. HE FELT SOMETHING PULL IN HIS BACK.