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68935 GRIDNING ON A WELDED METAL HE FELT A SMALL HOT PIECE OF METAL HIT HIM IN HIS EYE IT BEGAN TO BOTHER HIM AFTER HE ARRIVED HOME AT THE END OF THE DAY HE WENT TO A DR AND HAD SOME FORIEGN M 13599AL REMOVED FROM HIS EYE HE BELEIVE THE MATERIAL BOUNCED OFF A WELDING SHIELD PAST HIS SAFETY GLASES AND HIS EYE.
EMPL WORKED SHIFT FROM 6:00 AM UNTIL 4:30 PM DURING WHEN HE WAS WELDING GRINDING & AIR ARCING. HE HA NO EYE IRRITATION UNTIL AFTER HE ARRIVED HOME AT 5:30 PM. HE WENT TO DR SAME DAY & HAD META L PARTICLE REMOVED. IT IS PISSIBLE PARTICLE FELL INTO EYE AFTER HE LEFT MINE.
EE REMEMBERED HE HAD PAIN IN HIS NECK ABOUT 10:30AM. ON 12-1-90 HE SAW A CHIROPRACTOR WHO DIAGONOSED THE PAIN AS A STRAIN AND PINCHED NERVE AGRIOATED BY FLIPPINE A WELDING VISOR WITH HIS HEAD. THE EMPLOYEE STATED THERE WASN'T AN INCIDENT OR ACCIDENT RELEATED TO THE PAIN. TREATMENT INCLUDES ADJUSTMENTS AND ELECTRICAL STIMULATION.
WHILE USING A IMPACT WRENCH A PIECE OF CHROME CAME OFF THE SOCKET AND IMBEDDED IN HIS LEFT HAND. THEN A DOCTOR REMOVED THE FOREIGN OBJECT AND ADMINISTERED AN ANTIBIOTIC.
THE INJURED WAS AIR ARCING ON THE DRAGLINE.WHEN HE LOWERED THE TORCH HE WAS INATTENTIVE AND LET THE TORCH TIP CONTACT HIS LEFT LEG.A DOCTOR TREATED THE SMALL THIRD DEGREE BURN AND PRESCRIBED A
WHILE DRILLING COAL I.NAME CAUGHT HIS RIGHT FOOT BETWEEN A PULL DOWN CHAIN AND SPROCKET. A BAR WAS USED TO RELEASE HIS FOOT. THE COMPRESSION INJURY TO SOFT TISSUE WAS IN THE FORM OF BRUISI NG AND A CUT.
EMP WAS WELDING3IN A TIGHT OVERHEAD SPOT AND COULD NOT SEE IF THE CRACK WAS WELDED COMPLETELY, RAISED HIS WELDING HOOD AND TITED HIS HEAD BACK TO THE RIGHT WHEN A PIECE OF SLAG POPPED OFF AND FELL BY HI8 SAFETY GLASSES INTO THE CORNER OF RIGHT EYE. EYE HAD A HEAT BURN AND ABRASION IN THE WHITE AREA NEXT TO THE NOSE. THE CORNEA WAS NOT AFFECTED NOR WAS HIS VISION
THE SAMPLER SYS7EM WAS TRIPPED I.NAME WAS CALLED IN T O FIX PROBLEM. SYSTEM WAS SHUT OFF & WAS PLUGGED AT THE AIRLOCK. I.NAME SHUT OFF SYSTEM BEFORE WORKING ON IT. I.NAME CLEANED OUT THE AIR LOCK, HE PICKED3UP A PIECE OF COAL AT THE END OF TURN BUCKEL & WHAT WAS IN THE AIRLOCK BROKE & TTOOK PART OF HIS LEFT THUMB.
A CHOKER SLING IN USE BY THE INJURED EE FAILED & SEVERAL PIECES OF METAL WERE PROPELLED THRU THE AIR. ONE PIECE STRUCK EE IN THE RT BREAST.