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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.