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USING A BENCH GRINDER TO GRIND DOWN A PIECE OF STEEL. HAND SLIP & CAUGHT INDEX SIDE OF FINGER INTO GRINDER.
WAS DOING SOME WELDING AT IMPACT WANTED TO CUT A PIECE OF STEEL INTO AFTER CUTTING ROLLED STEEL OVER TO SEE IF CUT THRU IT DIDNT SO HE STRADDLE THE PIECES OF STEEL CUT LOOSE THE PLACE THAT DIN T CUT THRU WHEN IT BROKE LOOSE & FELL OVER KNOCKING HIM OFF BALANCE & HE FELL & BROKE SMALL BONE IN LEFT LEG
I.NAME RUNS DRILTEX DRILL INTO LIMESTONE ROCK AND WHILE CHANGING DRILL STEM WHICH IS ALSO ATTACHED WHEN AIR HIT CHANGED STEEL IT THREW SMALL PIECE OF ROCK INTO LEFT EYE.WAS WEARING SAFETY GLAS SES AT ALL TIME BUT WHEN AIR HIT STEEL BLOWED DUST,VERY FINE ROCK OUT AND 1 PIECE SOMEHOW WHEN UNDER SAFETY GLASSES INTO EYE.
WORKING ON DRILLL STEM TAKING DRILL APART AND AIR PRESSURE AHD BUILT UP AND HO;T GREASE SHOT OUT AND GREAE FLEW ON IN CHEST NO OBJECT HIT HIM JUST HOT GREASE FORM DRILL STEM.
WAS DRILLING LIMESTON WITH DRILLTECH MACHINE ROCK PIN DIDNT COME DOWN WENT TO CHECK WHAT HAPPENED WHEN ROCK PIN POP DOWN ON FINGER AND MASHED SIDE OF L INDEX FINGER WHEN PIN POP I NAME JERK HA ND PUT END OF FINGER GOT CAUGHT
WHILE RUNNING T2E IMPACT PART OF PLANT ROCKS WERE BEING UNLOADED IN IMPACT AND HE WALKED OUT OF IMPACT BLDG TO WATCH ROCK FALLING INTO IMPACT. A SMALL ROCK HIT HIM IN CORNER OF RT EYE AND CAUS PAIN AND REDDNE8S WHEN HE GOT TO DR THERE WAS BLEEDING BEHIND EYE
HELPING WELDER 5ND USING GRINDING TOOL.WE ASSUME EYES WERE BURNED FROM FLASH OF WELDING.HE WOKE UP AT 2:00 AM WITH EYES BURNING.HIS WIFE TOOK HIM TO A DOCTOR AND THEY CLEANED HIS EYES.NO OBJEC T HURT HIM.WAS 4ORKING ON TRUCK HE DRIVES WITH WELDER; ONLY THING HE COULD HAVE BEEN DOING TO CAUSE FLASH TO EYES.