EMPL WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF METAL WITH A BLOW TORCH A SMALL METAL FRAGMENT DETACHED AND BLEW UP UNDER FACE MASK THE HOT FRAGMENT BOUNCED OFF THE LOWER EYE LID THEN ATTACHED ITSELF TO THE UNDER SIDE OF THE UPPER EYE LID CAUSING A BURN ON THE LIDS AND A SCRATCH ON THE EYE
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May 19, 1989
OK · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
MACHINERY
Transwestern Mining Company · Contact with hot objects or substances
Transwestern Mining Company · Struck against a moving object
DRILL WAS TRAVELING PARALLEL TO THE HIGHWALL, APPROX. 8 FEET FROM THE EDGE, WHEN IT APPEARED TO HAVE TURNED AND RUN OFF THE EDGE OF THE HIGHWALL. EMPLOYEE WA BOUNCED AROUND INSIDE F DRILL CAB DURING DESCENT AND IMPACT FROM FALL OFF THE HIGHWALL.
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