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WHILE DOING REP5IR WORK ON CONE CRUSHER MANTLE IN THE MAINT-WELDING SHOP USING A PORTABLE GRINDER THE DISC CONTACTED A NOTCH IN THE STEEL LIP CAUSING THE GRINDER TO KICK BACK & DISC CAME IN CONTACT WITH FR2NT OF HIS L LEG JUST BELOW KNEE AREA INFLICTING A DEEP LACERATION. HE WENT TO DOCTOR TO HAVE WOUND TREATED CLEANED OUT & DOCTOR ADMINISTERED 6 STITCHES TO CLOSE UP THE WOUND R

EMPLOYEE WAS U8ING A PORTABLE GRINDER DOING REPAIR WORK IN THE WELDING SHOP ON A PLANTS CRUSHERS MANTLE WHEN PIECES OF STEEL AND DEGRIS BLEW UP BEHIND THE FACE SHIELD HE WAS WEARING AND INT O HIS EYE HE TR3ED TO WASH OUT THE DEBRIS FROM HIS EYE OVER THE WEEKEND BUT FAILED WHEN HE CAME TO WORK THE MORNING OF 8-25-86 HE STATED THAT HE NEEDED TO GO TO A DR FOR TREATMENT HE WENT TO

EMPL WORKING ON3DREDGE PUTTING ON NEW HOIST CABLE LINE,USING TORCH TO CUT CABLE AND PIECE OF HOT SLAG FLEW AND GOT INTO LEFT EAR.HE WENT TO DR TO EXAMINE INJURY REMOVE SLAG AND TREAT BURN HE R ECD TO INSIDE L9FT EAR.RETURNED TO WORK NO LOST TIME.

EMPL WASNT WATC2ING WHERE HE WAS GOING AND GOT TOO CLOSE TO ANOTHER EMPL USING OXY-ACET TORCH AND HE REC'D DEEP BURN TO LEFT ARMS'S ELBOW AREA.WENT TO DR -HAD HIM RETURN EACH DAY FOR CONT.CLEA NUP & BANDAGING1EMPL CONT.WORKING WITH DR THEN ON 7-17-86 DR ADVISED HIM THAT THE OPERATION OF HIS OPERATION OF MACHINE IRRITATED HEALING PROCESS-ORDERED HIM OFF WORK.LOST TIME BEGAN 7-18-86.

ROCK FELL FROM 8OUBLE SHAKER WHILE SHOVELING.

EE WAS USING A 2AND GRINDER TO GRIND DOWN A SHAFT ON THE SHOVEL & A SMALL PIECE OF STEEL FLEW INTO HIS R EYE & BECAME LODGED. WENT TO A DOCTOR FOR TREATMENT OF INJURY RECEIVED.

WAS STARTING A WISCONSIN AIR-COOLED GAS ENGINE ON A WATER PUMP WITH ITS HAND CRANK ENGINE KICKED BACK & CRANK JAMMED R HAND BACK INTO R WRIST CAUSING INJURY X-RAYS REVEALED CRACKED BONE IN R T WRIST DR PLACED CAST ON R LOWER ARM

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING PLANT SUPT. DO A WELDING JOB ON PLANT. THEY WERE USING A PORTABLE ARC WELDER POWERED BY A 6CYL.GASOLINE ENGINE WHEN THE GOVERNOR STUCK IN A FAST RPM IDLE SPEED. THE EMPLOY EMPLOYEE HURRIED TO THE UNIT SITE REACHED FOR THE GOVERNOR CONTROL ROD & STUCK HIS R.HAND INTO THE ENGINE COOLING FAN BLADES BEHIND A GUARD PARTIALLY PROTECTING THE AREA. EMPLOYEE REC\D FRACT

EMPLOYEE WAS HOOKING UP A CHAIN TO THE DRAWBAR OF AN OLD FE LOADER BEING JUNKED OUT, DIDN\T GET O TIGHTEN THE CHAIN UP, GOT HIS MIDDLE FINGER R. HAND CAUGHT BETWEEN CHAIN AND DRAWBAR AND RECEI RECEIVED A SEVERELY MASHED TIP. SOME SURGERY REQUIRED TO MEND UP WOUND AND END OF FINGER WAS REMOVED FROM TIP BACK PARTWAY ON NAIL BUT BONE LEFT INTACT, ACCORDING TO REPORTS.

EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING ON A CRUSHER IN THE WELDING SHOP, WITH AN ELECTRIC ARC WELDER, USING ROD ON CAST IRON, MOLTEN METAL RAN DOWN HIS LEFT FOOT\S SHOE AND WENT THROUGH A CRACK IN TOP OF HIS SH OE CAUSING A SEVERE BURN TO THE INSTEP AREA. EMPLOYEE WORKED THE NEXT DAY (FRIDAY, THE 13TH) BUT THEN INJURY WORSENED OVER THE WEEKEND AND HE WASN\T ABLE TO REPORT TO WORK (MONDAY, THE 16TH)