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Crew was working on feed chute to cone crusher. One of the crew was positioned above the injured employee using a grinder. Metal debris from the grinding struck the employee in right eye. Doctor brushed out debris and prescribed anitbiotic ointment.
The employee was operating a bulldozer, cleaning up the quarry floor. He was backing up when the rear of the dozer slid over a 5' bank, upsetting the dozer - it came to rest on its left side. The employee suffered a fracture to the third (ring) finger on his left hand. The physician treated the fracture with a splint. The employee was released to normal duty.
EE was down in the classifier grinding a bolt with a hand grinder. When a piece of steel cutting hit him in the right eye.
EE was assisting mine foreman in repairing cracks in feeder- hopper (by welding). Both ee's were inside the hopper welding. As a result, the reflection of the radiant light from the welding burned the ee's eyes.
OPERATOR PINCHED FINGER IN THE CAB DOOR OF DRILL.
EE WAS WELDING. SAYS SPARKS BURNED HOLE IN OXYGEN LINE & HIS JACKET CAUSING FLAMES UP SLEEVE OF JACKET & BURNING HIS ARM.