WHILE WELDING/CUTTING OUT IN TRACK FRAME ON DOZER, THERE WAS OIL ON THE OUT PART OF FRAME & IT FLASHED BURNED HIS FACE
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Showing all 4WHILE RIPPING HARDROCK, HE STARTED TO BACK UP WHEN DOZER TRACK SLIPPED OFF LEFT SIDE OF ROCK AND CAUSED DOZER TO DROP ENOUGH TO JERK EE.
WHILE WORKIN ON R85-24 MIRROR BRACKET (A BOLT WAS BROKEN) HE CUT OUT BOLT AND BLEW OUT HOLE. A PIECE OF SLAG BLEW IN HIS EYE. HE HAD LIFTED HIS SAFETY GLASSES TO LOOK AT THE HOLE. STRONG WI ND BLOWING THAT DAY.
WHILE MECHANIC WAS WELDING ON DRILL, THE DRILLER GLARED AT WELDING AND BURNED EYE.