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DRILL CUTTINGS CAME OUT OF THE HOLE WHEN BLOWING IT OUT AND GOT STUCK IN LEFT EYE. MINER'S HELPER WAS HELPING DRILL A SINKING HOLE. THE MINER WAS BLOWING (AIR) THE HOLE CLEAR, WHEN MUD AND WAT ER SHOT OUT OF THE HOLE AND HIT HIM IN THE FACE , MUD AND WATER WENT UP UNDER HIS GLASSS AND BECAME TRAPPED UNDERNEATH HIS LEFT EYELID.
I NAME WAS APPLYING HARD SURFACE WELD WITH AN ARC WELDER & HAD RAISED HIS WELDING HELMET TO INSPECT THE WELD WHEN COOLING SLAG POPPED LOOSE INTO HIS FACE A PIECE STRUCK I NAME IN H IS LEFT EYE EYE WASH WAS USED HE THEN WENT TO SEE AN EYE DOC EYE DROPS WAS PRESCRIBED AS MEDICATION
DRILLING RAISE ROUND MUD FROM DRILL HOLE FELL INTO EYE RT EYE WENT TO DOC DOC COVERED EYE WITH A PATCH FOR THE WEEKEND ABLE TO REPORT TO FULL DUTY 061289 I NAME WAS SCHEDULED TO QUIT EMPLOYMEN T AT THE SPOTHECTHORSE MINE 061089 LAST SHIFT I NAME RECEIVED ONE LOST DAY WORK
WHILE HAND DISK GRINDING PULVERIZER PLATES, A SMALL METAL PARTICLE GOT INTO LEFT EYE.THE INJURED SAID HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES.
HAULING EQUIP UP RAISE JACKLEG DRIL FELL DOWN RAISE AND HIT HIM IN STOMACH AND LEGS.
07-23-88 SATURDAY THE INJURED -MINE-MECHANIC-WAS USING A HAND GRINDER AND HE CAUGHT SOME GRINDINS SCRATCHED
I.NAME WAS ASSISTING MINER DRILL A RAISE ROUND WAS STANDING NEXT TO MINER WHILE MINOR WAS DRILLING DRILLING MUD SPLASHED IN EYES & PIECE OF ROCK SCRATCHED LEFT EYE
USING A BLOW PIPE (COMPRESSD AIR) TO MOVE SOME BROKEN TUNNEL HEADING ROCK INTO TRANSFER CHUTE. EYE WAS SCRATCHED WITH A ROCK CHIP, MUD SPLASH AND DIRT.
MINER WAS DRILLING A BACK ROUND WHEN A ROCK FELL AND STRUCK HIS (R) HAND AND FRACTURED HIS SMALL FINGER.
HE WAS DRILLING A VERTICAL RAISE ROUND WHEN DRILLING WATER WITH DIRT AND MUCK SPLASHED INTO HIS FACE AND EYES. HE WASHED OUT HIS EYES AND FINSHED THE WORKING SHIFT.