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WORKING NIGHT SHIFT, EE WAS CHANGING TRACK LINKS ON A BACKHOE, USING A 4" AIR GRINDER AND A TORCH. HE HAD ON SAFETY GLASSES AND A FULL FACE SHIELD. HE WAS NOT AWARE THAT HE HAD GOTTEN ANYTHING IN HIS EYE UNTIL HE GOT HOME AND HIS EYE WAS BOTHERING HIM. HE WENT TO THE DR AND GOT A PRESCRIPTION FOR EYE DROPS.

HE & A WITNESS (NWR EMPLOYEE) WERE TAKING IDLERS OUT OF A RACK AND PUTTING THEM ON A TABLE TO REBUILD. A LINK THAT HOLDS THE IDLER CAN TOGETHER BROKE, CAUSING BOTH EMPLOYEES TO FALL BACKWARDS . INJURED TWISTED HIS KNEE AT THE SAME TIME THE HALF OF THE GARLAND HIT THE INSIDE OF THE KNEE HE TWISTED. KNEE IS IMMOBILIZED DUE TO SPRAIN.

EMPLOYEE WAS GRINDING WITH SAFETY GLASSES AND FACE SHIELD AND GOT SOME GRINDING DUST IN HIS RIGHT EYE.

EE WAS GRINDING ON A DIAPHRAM WALL WHEN SOME GRINDING DUST GOT IN HIS RIGHT EYE.

EE WAS AIR ARCING ON A DRAGLINE EQUALIZER BAR AND GOT SOMETHING IN HIS RIGHT EYE. (HE WAS WEARING A WELDING HOOD.) HE WENT TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM AND WAS REFERRED TO AN EYE DOCTOR WHO REMOVED M ETAL FROM HIS RIGHT EYE. HE GOT A PRESCRIPTION OF GENTAC (ANTIBIOTIC EYE DROPS.)

EMPLOYEE WAS GRINDING ON A HAULER DOOR (ONE ON A SPARE CAB WHICH WAS SITTING ON A STAND) AND TRASH GOT IN HIS GLASSES AND IN HIS EYES. HE WENT TO THE DOCTOR WHO REMOVED A PIECE OF METAL FRO M HIS RIGHT EYE.

EE WAS BUFFING AROUND BOLT HOLES. THE BUFFING WHEEL CAUGHT ON THE BOLT HOLE, CAUSING THE GRINDER TO KICK BACK INTO HIS LEG JUST ABOVE THE KNEE.

EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN PERFORMING MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES INCLUDING DRILLING AND RIVETING. HE BELIEVES THAT METAL SHAVINGS FROM THE DRILLING ACTIVITY FELL ON HIS SHIRT SLEEVES OR HANDS. LATER IN THE SHIFT HE RUBBED HIS EYE AND THAT IS WHEN HE THINKS THE PIECE OF METAL SHAVING WAS FORCED IN HIS EYE. HE WAS USING SAFETY GLASSES.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING PUTTING A SHIELD ON THE DRIVELINE OF A TRACK DOZER. ANOTHER MECHANIC WAS NEARBY GRINDING ON METAL TO MAKE A BRACKET FOR A GREASE LINE. APPARENTLY A PARTICLE FROM THE GRI NDING ACTIVITY STRUCK THE INUURED EMPLOYEE IN THE EYE. HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES WITH SIDE SHIELDS AT THE TIME OF THE EVENT.