EE WAS REPAIRING A EUCLID R-22 DUMP BODY. THE DUMP BODY WAS RAISED AND SECURED. HE HAD FINISHED WELDING AND FLIPPED UP HIS WELDING MASK TO CHIP SLAG OFF OF HIS WELD WHEN HE FELT SOMETHING HIT HIS EYE. HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES. AT ABOUT 9:20 HE WENT TO THE RESTROOM AND COULD SEE SOMETHING IN HIS EYE, SO HE TOLD HIS PLANT MANAGER.
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November 16, 1999
MO · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
MACHINERY
Springfield Underground Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
March 14, 1991
MO · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
MACHINERY
Springfield Underground Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING CRUSHER, DUE TO A WIND SHIFT, EXHAUST FUMES OFF A DIESEL ENGINE SEEPED INTO THE CRUSHER SHACK CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO BECOME NAUSEATED AND DIZZY.
February 2, 1990
MO · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
MACHINERY
Springfield Underground Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances
USING TORCH WELDING SLAG HIT HIS EYE WEARING GLASSES HOT WELDING SLAG FORM TORCH HIT R EYE
July 17, 1984
MO · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
MACHINERY
Springfield Underground Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
INJURED BACK.
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