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PLANT WAS RUNNING AND A ROCK FELL FROM THE SCREEN STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE BEHIND HIS RIGHT EAR. EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING A HARD HAT.
OPERATING DOZER ON HILLSIDE IN PIT AREA. DOZER RAN OVER LARGE ROCKS RESULTING IN A SHARP JOLT.
BAD SEAT ON DOZER.
WHILE SUPERVISING PLANT OPERATIONS I NAME FELT SOMETHING IN HIS EYE HE FLUSHED HIS EYE BUT COULD NOT REMOVE THE IRRITANT
FOREIGN BODY IN LEFT EYE.
WHILE WELDING A PIECE OF PLATE STEEL ON INSIDE OF CLOSED SHOOT I NAME WAS LAYING ON HIS SIDE, WHICH CAUSED HIS SHIRT TO RIDE UP AND EXPOSE HIS BARE SKIN ON HIS HIPS TO THE GROUND ROCK DUST AND FINE METAL SHAVINGS ON THE SHOOT. HE FELT TINGLING, LATER THAT NIGHT THIS DEVELOPED INTO WELTS AND THE NEXT DAY HIS EYES WERE SWOLLEN.
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS USING A WRENCH TO TIGHTEN BOLTS ON JAW CRUSHER.WRENCH SWITCHED DIRECTIONS CAUSING HIM TO FALL APPROXIMATELY 12' AND HIT THE LEFT SIDE OF FACE ON THE METAL FRAME OF JAW C RUSHER.