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The miner was performing regular maintenance, including welding, cutting, grinding, and torching. Sometime during this process, they got a piece of debris in their eye.
Employee believes they were grinding clamps on a belt when something went behind their PPE and got in their eye.
WHILE PRESSURE WASHING THAT AFTERNOON ON A WATER TRUCK, EE WAS WEARING EYE PROTECTIVE GOGGLES. AT THE END OF HIS SHIFT EE CAME INTO OFFICE TO CLEAN UP BY WASHING HIS HANDS & FACE TO LEAVE. HE NOTICED HIS EYE WAS IRRITATED AND FELT SOMETHING IN IT.
THE CHAIN SAW JUMPED OFF OF THE BAR. IT HIS A SMALL TREE LIMB WHICH SENT IT INTO HIS LEG CUTTING THROUGH HIS JEANS AND LEAVING A LACERATION THAT REQUIRED STITCHES.
HE WAS KNELT DOWN GRINDING METAL, WHILE GRINDING HE HIT A BURR ON THE METAL AND THE GRINDER DEFLECTED OFF AND HIT HIS LEFT KNEE.
EE WAS ABOVE THE PRIMARY CRUSHER, USING A CUTTING TORCH TO CUT OFF A RUSTY BOLT. A PIECE OF SLAG FLEW INTO HIS RT. EAR. HE COULDN'T HEAR OUT OF THAT EAR THE NEXT MORNING, BUT WAITED TO SEE IF IT GOT BETTER. HE WENT TO FAMILY DR.ON 5/13/04. THEY FOUND THE METAL ON HIS EAR DRUM, & REPORTED THAT IT WAS INFECTED. PRESCRIBED ANTIBIOTICS & REFERRED HIM TO SPECIALIST TO REMOVE METAL.
HE WAS CUTTING AND GRINDING METAL FOR HOPPER. A PIECE OF MATERIAL GOT BEHIND HIS SAFETY GLASSES.
EE WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF METAL WITH CUTTING TORCH. HE FINISHED HIS CUT AND TURNED TO SHUT HIS TORCH OFF, WHEN A PIECE OF SLAG POPPED OFF THE COOLING METAL AND FLIPPED INTO HIS RIGHT EYE BEHIND HIS SAFETY GLASSES.
EE GRINDING OLD WELD OFF FEEDER WHEEL. LATE IN SHIFT EE NOTICED SOMETHING IN HIS EYE. HE THOUGHT IT WAS DUST. LATER IN EVEING AT HOME, HIS EYE BOTHERED HIM MORE AND HE WENT TO THE ER. DR. REMO VED A FOREIGN OBJECT FROM LEFT EYE. FOLLOWUP WITH OPHTHALMOLOGIST.
EE WAS ENGAGED IN REPAIR WORK WELDING AND ASSISTING A SECOND EE IN WELDING. SOMETIME DURING THE SHIFT EE SUSTAINED A WELDING FLASH BURN TO HIS EYES EITHER FROM CATCHING A DIRECT FLASH OR FROM A REFLECTION OFF THE WATER. HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES AND INTERMITTENTLY A FACE SHIELD OR WELDING HOOD.
PERSON WAS USING A CUTTING TORCH TO CUT A COLLECTION/DISTRIBUTION BOX OFF OF A BEAM. THE BEAM WAS NOT SECURE, AND FELL ON EE'S FOOT AFTER BOX WAS CUT OFF.
EMPLOYEE WAS GRINDING A LIFTING EYE OFF SIDE PANEL OF 980F CATLOADER BUCKET WITH A 4" GRINDER. AFOREIGN OBJECT LODGED IN HIS RIGHT EYE. HE WAS WEARING HIS SAFETY GLASSES.
EMPLOYEE WAS BUILDING EQUIPMENT GUARDS. HE WAS WELDING PIPE SUPPORTS WHEN MOLTEN SLAG FROM THE WELDING PROCEDURE BURNED AND DAMAGED THE ACETYLENE HOSE OF A CUTTING TORCH THAT LAY NEAR HIM. THE FLASH OF BURNING ACETYLENE GAS BURNED THE EMPLOYEE'S LEFT HAND AND RIGHT FOREARM.