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EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING LIPSAVER ON 600 LOADER BUCKET.HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES WITH SIDE SHIELDS UNDER WELDING HOOD.FLUX ON WELD MUST HAVE POPPED AND MOLTEN PIECES WERE BLOWN BY WIND BEHIND HOOD AND GLASSES AND CUT INTO RIGHT EYE AND EYE LIDS.
EMPL FILLING WELD,MAKING UPHILL BRIDGE WHEN BOTTOM FELL OUT.BALL OF MOLTEN METAL BURNT THROUGH BOOT AND BURNT RIGHT FOOT.1 DAY LOST TIME.
WHILE OPERATING D-9 DOZER AND RIPPING IN HARD ROCK,THE DOZER HIT HARD AND OPERATOR FELT A STRAIN IN LOWER RIGHT GROIN AREA.EMPLOYEE DID NOT REPORT INJURY UNTIL 08-20-90 WHEN EMPLOYEE LEFT WORK EARLY.
SERIOUS BACK PAIN CAUSED LEGS TO GO NUMB & COLLAPSED ON GROUND FOR APPROX 10 MIN COULDN'T GET UP DUE TO PAIN.
GRINDING ON PIECE OF METAL WITH HAND-HELD GRINDER.IT KICKED BACK AND STRUCK LEFT FOREARM CUTTING A CUT.REQ 2 SUTURES.
EMPLOYEE WAS RIPPING WITH A D-9 DOZER AND JARRED LOWER RIGHT SIDE.