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EMPLOYEE WAS TROUBLE SHOOTING DUST COVERED MOTOR DUST COATING FELL INTO MOVING MOTOR COOLING FAN BLOWING DUST INTO FACE & EYES EYES WAS CHECKED BY DOCTOR
ON 8-15-94, EE STATED HE GOT SOMETHING IN HIS EYE ON FRIDAY 8-12-94 WHILE CLEANING UP UNDER OMW WRAPPER WITH AIR HOSE. HOSE HAS MSHA APPROVED NOZZLE. EYE WAS WASHED OUT BUT EE STATED ON 8-18-9 4 THAT IT WAS IRRITATING HIM. DR REMOVED SMALL PARTICLE AND RETURNED EE TO NORMAL WORK. REQUIRED GOGGLES FOR THIS JOB NOT BEING USED.
AUTOMATIC STACKER WAS READY TO MOVE DOWN AND STACK PATTERN WAS WRONG. WHEN MAKING CORRECTION, EMPLOYEE SAW A BALE THAT HAD FALLEN OFF PALLET JAMMING ELEVATOR. WHEN THIS BALE WAS REMOVED, ELEVA TOR MOVED DOWN CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO EXTEND HIS ARM FOR SUPPORT RESULTING IN STRAINED SHOULDER AND NECK MUSCLES. X-RAYS WERE NEGATIVE.
BELT BEING PUSHED OR PULLED THROUGH CUTTER WHEN EMPLOYEE'S HAND SLIPPED AND CUT EMPLOYEE'S LEFT THUMB.
EMPLOYEE WAS FABRICTING STEEL BIN TOP. WHILE FITTING FOR TACK WELDING, EMPLOYEE RECEIVED FLASH BURNS TO FACE AND EYES.
THE CREW WAS CHANGING FROM KITTY MATERIAL TO MULTICAT MATERIAL. SOME OF THE MATERIAL WAS DROPPED FROM THE ALL FILL MACHINE AND THE FAN BLEW THE MATERAIL INTO EMPLOYEES EYES.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING SIDE GRINDER WHEN FLYING DEBRIS WENT OVER SAFETY GLASSES AND LODGED ON SURFACE OF LEFT EYE.
EMPL WAS WELDING REINFORCING ROD AT AIR COMPRESSOR PAD USING AIRCO 400 AMP ELECTRIC WELDER AND FLAHSES BURNED HIS EYES
EMPLOYEE WS CUTTING OIL LINE ON AIR COMPRESSOR INTO WITH AN ACETYLENE CUTTING TORCH. CUTTING TORCH HEATED OL IN THE LINE AND WHEN CUT INTO BLEW OUT ON EMPLOYEE BURNING HIS LEFT AND RIGHT FOREA MS, TOP OF RIGHT HAND AND LEFT SIDE OF FACE.
WHILE USING CUTTING TORCH,SHALL PARTICLE OF METAL SCALE ENTERED OPENING OF SAFETY GLASSES AND ATTACHED TO EMPLOYEE'S LEFT EYE.
SEWING 40 LB AND 50 LB BAGS
WHILE BALING SOME FOREIGHN MATERIAL BLEW INTO HIS LEFT EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS PLACING 40 LB BAGS ON VALVE PACKER MACHINE