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68935 OPERATOR WAS OPERATING THE RTD ON THE WASTE DUMP HE STATED HE PUT THE TRANSMISSION IN REVERSE JUST AS THE THROTTLE STUCK OPEN RESULTED IN THE OPERATOR BEING JOLTED & THROWN INTO THE WIND 66000
THE EMPLOYEE ALLEGED THAT WHILE OPERATING A DM45 DRILL, HE GOT SOME METAL IN HIS EYE. THE EMPLOYEE IS NOT SURE OF THE SOURCE OF THE METAL BECAUSE HE WAS IN AN ENCLOSED CAB AND WAS WEARING SAFE TY GLASSES. HE THINKS IT COULD HAVE COME OUT OF THE AIR CONDITIONER. THE EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS NOT EXPOSED TO ANY OTHER FLYING METAL HAZARD DURING HIS SHIFT.
WHILE WELDING ON THE BUCKET WITH ANOTHER EMPLOYEE HE GOT HIS EYES FLASHED AND BURNED
EMPLOYEE STATES WHILE BURNING NUT OFF BOLT WITH TORCH A PARTICLE OF SLAG ENTERED UNDER EYELID GOGGLES WERE AVAILABLE BUT NOT USED WENT TO DR