Employee was welding an object over head. Hot slag from welder dropped in right ear.
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March 8, 2018
VA · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
MACHINERY
Omega Surface Mining, LLC · Contact with hot objects or substances
November 17, 2017
VA · Coal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
MACHINERY
Omega Surface Mining, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Right index finger was smashed while placing the dozer cutting edge on the tracks.
November 1, 2016
VA · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
MACHINERY
Omega Surface Mining, LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Employee was welding on the bucket of a loader when felt a strain in lower back when ee went to re-position self.
July 3, 2014
VA · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
MACHINERY
Omega Surface Mining, LLC · Struck by flying object
Blowing slag with an air nibbler when a piece of metal enter left eye
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