Dicalite Minerals LLC · Struck by flying object
Employee was welding and grinding and got a foreign body in right eye.
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November 27, 2017
CA · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
MACHINERY
Dicalite Minerals LLC · Flash burns (welding)
Possibly exposed to arc welding from fellow worker; working on the opposite side of blower housing. Employee was wearing welding/cutting goggles.
Dicalite Minerals LLC · Struck by flying object
Employee was welding at the palletizer and got a piece of metal in eye.
September 12, 2014
CA · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
MACHINERY
Dicalite Minerals LLC · Struck by flying object
Employee was fabricating a roll for the soda ash belt conveyor. While machining surface of roll on lathe a flying metal chip embedded in his left eye.
Dicalite Minerals LLC · Contact with hot objects or substances
Employee was welding inside of pipe, and when moving forward to continue welding, he came in contact with a previous weld and burned his left elbow.
June 2, 2008
CA · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
MACHINERY
Dicalite Minerals LLC · Struck by flying object
EE was changing springs on the #44 trailer. He was cutting spring bolts and a piece of metal got in left eye.
July 15, 2004
NV · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
MACHINERY
Grefco Minerals Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Went to unplug #3 screw w/air hose, was holding himself up w/left hand, operating air hose w/right. Slipped & saw his hand slip into screw, at the same time I pulled the trip cord but not quick enough. When he pulled his hand out I realized my fingertip was missing. The screw was guarded & had trip wire, small opening for maintenance only, to view for proper operation.
January 20, 2004
CO · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
MACHINERY
Dicaperl Minerals LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WAS BLOWING OFF THE FORK LIFT AND SLIPPED, ACCIDENTALLY HITTING TRIGGER ON AIR HOSE. THE AIR HIT HIS LEFT EAR, CAUSING SOME PAIN AND DISCOMFORT. THE ROOF HAS A LEAK AND THERE WAS ICE IN THA T CORNER.
January 17, 2004
CA · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
MACHINERY
Dicalite Minerals LLC · Struck by flying object
A PIECE OF GRINDING FLEW INTO RIGHT EYE WHILE HE WAS WEARING EYE PROTECTION.
Dicaperl Minerals LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING A PLUGGED CHUTE IN THE K SCREEN SPLITTER. THE EMPLOYEE REACHED INSIDE SPLITTER TO REMOVE ORE FROM PIPE. THE SPLITTER CAUGHT HIS COVERALL PULLING HIS HAND INSIDE AND CRUS HING HIS LEFT HAND.
August 2, 2001
NV · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
MACHINERY
Grefco Minerals Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING A SET OF ROLLERS, INVOLTVING GRINDING & WELDING STEEL, WHEN A PIECE OF STEEL FLEW INTO EYE.
February 28, 2001
NM · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
MACHINERY
Dicaperl Minerals LLC · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING ON A TRACTOR IN THE SHOP WITHOUT GOOD VENTILATION AND THE SMOKE HURT HIS LUNGS.
Dicalite Minerals LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WAS WELDING & CUTTING ON KILN, & GOT PIECE OF FOREIGN MATERIAL IN LEFT EYE
Grefco Minerals Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WAS OPERATING CRANE, TURNED ON FAN & SOMETHING BLEW INTO (R) EYE.
Dicaperl Minerals LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS BAGGING 53 ORE FROM RAYMOND MILL WHEN PERLITE PARTICLE ENTERED RIGHT EYE. DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL EVENING OF 4/25/00 AT E.R.
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