WHILE PUSHING ON SURGE PILE WITH MUD CAT, CLAIMANT GOT PARTICLE IN EYE.
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Showing all 28CLAMS EXCESSIVE USE OF NECK FOR WORK ACTITVITIES. INJ NOT REPORTED TO EMPLOYER UNTIL 6-15-92.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING TRACTOR IN PIT WHEN HE HIT A ROCK AND HURT HIS BACK.
WELDING
EMPLOYEE WAS UTILIZING ELECTRIC GRINDER ON WING PULLEY.
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING CRANE FROM ONE LOCATION TO ANOTHER - FELL - STRAIN IN NECK AND SHOULDER
EMPLOYEE SHIFTED FROM REVERSE TO FORWARD WHEN HE HIT ELBOW ON SEAT FRAME CUTTING HIS ELBOW. DID NOT ADVISE ANYONE OF INJURY UNTIL 6-11-90.
EMPLOYEE CLAIMS INJURED AT WORK - HAS NOT DESCRIBED HOW INJURY OCCURRED - FIRST NOTICE TO EMPLOYER 5-23-90 - DISCHARGED 4-19-90.
EMPLOYEE WHILE BACKING DOZER OVER A LARGE ROCK WHICH CAUSED CRACKED WINDOW TO EXPLODE LODGING A PIECE OF GLASS IN EMPLOYEES EYE
EMPLOYEE WHILE WELDING FOREIGN MATTER FELL INTO EMPLOYEES EYE
EMPLOYEE WHILE CUTTING A STEEL PIPE WITH A TORCH,HOT SLAG WAS BLOWN INTO THE AIR AND HIT HIS EAR.
EMPLOYEE WHILE CUTTNG METAL WITH TORCH, HOT SLAG BLEW BACK SPLASHING HIT STEEL UNDER EMPLOYEES CUTTING GLASSES BURNING CORNER OF LEFT EYELID.
DURING COURSE OF WELDING EMPLOYEE SUSTAINED FOREIGN OBJECT IN LEFT EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS WI9ING A MOTOR ON GRIZZLY FEEDER. HE PERFORMED THIS WORK IN THE SAME AREA WHERE ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING. THE FLASH FROM THE WELDING CAUSED A FLASH BURN TO EMPLOYEE EYES. EMPL OYEE DID DNOT S9EK MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL 11-10-87.
EE WAS REPLACIN1 A SHAFT ON H EAD PULLEY FOR BASE BUNKER. FUMES INSIDE THE PULLEY WERE IGNITED BY A SPARK CAUSING A BLOW-BACK EFFECT TTHRU THE PUSHER HOLE BURNING THE EE.
EMPLOYEE WAS RE1AIRING THE BUCKET ON THE LOADER AS HE WAS CHIPPING AWAY SLAG A VERY SMALL PIECE OF METAL LODGED IN HIS EYE
EMPLOYEE WAS AS8ISTING WITH THE REMOVAL OF A LARGE ROCK FROM CRUSHER AND RESTED HIS HAND ON THE CABLE THAT WAS MOVING CAUSING BRUISED LEFT FIFTH FINGER.
TWO EMPLOYEE WE9E WELDING IN A CONFINED AREA REFLECTION FROM THE OTHER ARC WELDER CAUSED FLASH BURNS TO EMPLOYEE EYES
EMPLOYEE WELDIN1 GALVANIZED PIPE INHALED VAPOR
EMPLOYEE WHILE 7UTTING DISCHARGE SCREENS REMOVED HIS GOGGLES TO MAKE SURE OF WHAT HE WAS CUTTING WHICH CAUSED BURN TO THE EYES.
EMP LAID GRINDE9 (STILL SPINNING) DOWN ON TABLE AND PIECE OF METAL WAS THROWN ONTO EMPLOYEES EYE
EMPLOYEE WHILE 4ELDING WEAR PLATES, PLATES SLIPPED AND HIT EMPLOYEE'S HAND.
STEEL CABLES HA8 BEEN CUT IN HAL WITH A TORCH AND EMPL TOUCHED THE HOT CABLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS WE5DING ON A PIECE OF PLATE. HE DID NOT OBSERVE THAT THERE WAS ANOTHER SMALL PLATE STACKED ON THE PIECE HE WAS WORKING WITH. WHEN HE MOVED THE FIRST PLATE, THE SMALLER PLATE SLID DOWN AND HIT E4PLOYEE S HAND, CAUSING A BRUISE AND SMALL LACERATION.
EMP CLAIMS HE W5S OPERATING THE SCRAPER FASTER THAN USUAL AND THAT THE EXTRA MOTION CAUSED HIM TO STRAIN HIS BACK STRAIN REQUIRED MEDICAL TREATMENT
EMPLOYEE WAS USING AN AIR ARC TO CUT OUT BRONZE OUTER ECCENTRIC BUSHING IN CONE CRUSHER. EMPLOYEE INHALED FUMES CUASED FROM BRONZE BEING CUT. EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING REQUIRED EQUIPMENT. HIGHWINDS WERE A MAJOR FACTOR, TRAPPING FUMES IN CUTTING AREA. EMPLOYEE WAS EXAMINED INCLUDING X RAY BY DR NEXT DAY, RECEIVED MEDICATION AND RELEASED TO WORK.
AN OVERSIZE ROCK BECAME LODGED IN FEED OPENING OF JAW CRUSHER. A 5 1/2\ PRY BAR WAS BEING USED TO ATTEMPT TO DISLODGE THE ROCK AND BECAME STUCK BETWEEN THE ROCK AND HINGE PIN GUARD ON CRUSHER. A DECISION WAS MADE TO HOIST THE LARGE ROCK OUT OF THE CRUSHER BY CRANE AND THE ROCK WAS RIGGED FOR THIS, THE BAR BEING STUCK FAST, IT WAS DECIDED TO BUMP THE CRUSHER AS THE
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO SUPPORT ONE END OF SWING GENERATOR SHAFT ON THE MARION DRAGLINE UTILIZING A GRAB CHAIN AND THE 3 TON ELECTRIC HOIST IN THE DRAGLINE. HE WAS HOLDING THE GRAB CHAIN WI TH RIGHT HAND AND OPERATING CONTROLS OF ELECTRIC HOIST WITH LEFT HAND. HE INADVERTANTLY HAD HIS HAND BETWEEN THE COUPLING AND THE GRAB CHAIN WHEN HE BUMPED THE HOIST TO TIGHTEN CHAIN. THE HOI