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Employee received flash burns to his left eye while assisting in maintenance. A prescription eye drop was prescribed and an additional eye covering bandage. EE missed 1 day of work.
Employee was cutting a bearing off a shaft, which was laying on the gravel. The employee cutting stepped to his right. The cutting torch passed by the backside of the fire watch employee's left leg resulting in a second degree burn, approximately 3"x5" with quarter size blister.
EE had a small piece of metal in his left eye. Metal piece was lodged there without great force as it was at the surface. Piece removed at the clinic and prescriptions given. EE lost 1 day of work. EE was wearing safety glasses at the time of the incident. Winds on the day of the incident were at or near 40mph most of the day. EE was assisting during a grinding operation.
Deckhand employee was working on the dock when the dock winch barge haul cable broke. The cable struck the employee in the back knocking him to the ground, he substained a cut on the nose and puncher to the chin.
Employee was operating a Caterpillar D9R (Co #7704) and was in the process of pushing coal into feeder 7711. The dozer fell on to the feeder and upon impact the operator struck his head on the windshield receiving injuries consisting of laceration to head, 8 broken ribs, 5 fractured vertebra, 1 punctured lung and 1 bruised lung.
GRINDING STEEL, WINDS GUSTY. FOREIGN OBJECT HIT THE EYE. SAFETY GLASSES AND HOOD IN PLACE.