Employee was grinding. EE did not realize it was a piece of metal that went into EE's eye until the next day. EE thought it was dirt. EE was wearing safety glasses and did not think that the metal would have hit EE's eye. (Left Eye)
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April 17, 2020
OR · Metal/Non-Metal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
MACHINERY
Crabtree Crushing, Inc · Struck by flying object
July 23, 2019
OR · Metal/Non-Metal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
MACHINERY
Crabtree Crushing, Inc · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects
Cleaning bolt with Bench Grinder. Did not set Bench Grinder to correct clearance measurement before using Bench Grinder. Right Middle finger got sucked in. Fractured tip of right middle finger
Crabtree Crushing, Inc · Struck against a moving object
Employee was operating excavator on unstable ground when the wet material gave way, causing the machine to tip over.
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