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TECHNICIAN WAS REMOVING MOUNTING BOLTS ON A SWING TRANSMISSION WITH A 1" AIR IMPACT WRENCH. THE TECHNICIAN WA OPERATING THE TRIGGER ON THE IMPACT WITH THE PALM OF HIS HAND. WHEN THE BOLT BROKE LOOSE, THE IMPACT MOVED UPWARD, PINCHING THE FINGERS OF THE TECHINICIAN BETWEEN THE IMPACT WRENCH & THE EDGE OF A STEEL PLATE. THE RING FINGER ON HIS R HAND WAS LACERATED & REQUIRED SUTURES.

MECHANIC WAS REMOVING THE BORING MACHINE WHEN THE POWER HEAD SWUNG AROUND AND HIT HIMIN THE TWO FRONT TEETH.

REMOVING BOLTS ON RADIATOR USING A 1/2" IMPACT WRENCH WITH A WOBBLE SOCKET. THE PIN CAME OUT OF THE WOBBLE SOCKET WHILE CATCHING EMPLOYEE'S HAND. THE HAND REQUIRED STITCHES.

EE ATTEMPTED TO MANUEVER A 446B CAT BACKHOE DOWNA 1 TO 1 SLOPE, TIPPING IT OVER ON ITS SIDE. EE RECD A TORN MUSCLE IN THE GROIN/HIP AREA.

EE WAS AIR ARCHING BETWEEN TRACK PADS ON AN ELECTRIC SHOVEL. WHILE MOVING FROM ONE PAD TO ANOTHER AND ON HIS KNEES HE SAT THE STINGER DOWN STRUCK HIS KNEE AGAINST THE HOT CARBON ROD. THE ROD P ENETRATED HIS KNEE WITH A 3/4 INCH PUNCTURED WOUND.

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING METAL WITH AN ELECTRIC JIGSAW, SOMETHING HIT HIM IN THE EYE REQUIRING MEDICAL ATTENTION.

WHILE CHANGING DISC ON GRINDER, BUMPED GRINDER AND STARTED IT, CUTTING FINGER AT SECOND KNUCKLE, TOP SIDE OF RIGHT INDEX FINGER.

WHILE GRINDING IN THE SHOP, A PIECE OF STEEL EMBEDDED IN LEFT EYE.

AIR ARCHING ON DRAGLINE BUCKET. EYE BEGAN TO HURT AROUND 800 PM THAT NIGHT DR FOUND A PIECE OF STEEL EMBEDDED IN CORNEA OF RIGHT EYE.

23544ING BOREHOLES ON A COAL SHOT ALL DAY. BACK BECAME SORE & STIFF.

EMPL WELDING ON A WEIGH BIN,LIFTED HAND TO CHIP SLAG AND A PIECE HIT EMPL IN THE EYE.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON PLATFORM FROM WHICH HOPPER WAS BEING ERECTED. WELDERS WERE WELDING ON SCAFOLD ABOVE METAL FROM WIRE FEED ROLLED DOWN CONE, OVER SAFETY GLASSES INTO EYE.

WELDING HOPPER IN BIN BOTTOM.CHIPPING OFF SLAG FROM WELD.SLAG FELL IN BOOT.2 BURNS TO TOP OF LEFT FOOT.

EE WAS REPAIRING HEAD SHAFT PIVOT ADAPTOR ON DITCH WITCH. HE WAS USING A HAND DRILL IN A HORIZONTAL POSITION DRILL BIT CAUGHT FORCING THE HANDLE OF DRILL INTO SHAFT. TRAPPING EE S LEFT HAND BE TWEEN HANDLE AND SHAFT, CAUSING A LACERATION ON MIDDLE KNUCKLE REQUIRING 9 STITCHES.

EMPLOYEE WORKING ON BACKFILL CREW FOR THE NEW TRUCK DUMP REINFORCED EARTH PANEL WALL USING 4000 MANITOWAC CRANE TO LOWER BACKFILL MATERIAL IN CONCRETE BUCKET OVER THE SIDE OF THE EXISTING WALL WHEN THE CABLE OF THE CRANE BRUSHED THE SIDE OFTHE PIPE THE DUST COLLECTION PIPE WAS NOT WELDED PROPERLY AND BROKE LOOSE FALLING TO THE GROUND STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON LEFT SIDE OF BODY CAUSING B

EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING IN THE TRUCK DUMP AREA OF THE ROCHELLE MINE ON SPLIT SHIFT: 3:00 AM TO 12:00. AT 7:30 THAT MORNING THERE WAS A FLASH FROM HIS WELDER AND HE REALIZED THAT HE HAD EXPERIENCE D A FLASH BURN. HE REPORTED IT TO HIS FOREMAN AND DURING THE SHIFT, HE USED EYE DROPS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. IT SEEMED TO HIM BETTER UNTIL THE MORNING OF THE 27TH WHEN THE PAIN BECAME INTOLERA

EMPL WAS WELDING ON 651 SCRAPER BOWL AS HE WAS WELDING SLAG BUILT UP ON WLED & DRIPPED OFF STICKING TO BACK OF HIS RIGHT HAND & BACK OF FIRST FINGER. HOT SLAG BURRNNED THROUGH WELDING GLOVE & INTO DERMIUS.

CHANGING CUTTING EDGES ON SCRAPER USING AIR-IMPACT WRENCH TO REMOVE BOLTS,AIR FROM WRENCH BLEW LOOSE DIRT/SAND AROUND AND SOME GOT INTO RIGHT EYE.

I.NAME WAS WORK3NG ON A BRAKE DRUM WAS USING A HAND HELD GRINDER & GOT DIRT DUST ETC IN HIS RIGHT EYE

WHILE GRINDING 3N THE PROCESS OF REPLACING THE TOP WEAR PLATES ON SADDLE BLOCKS OF THE 102 SHOVEL A FOREIGN PARTICLE FLEW INTO THE LEFT EYE ORIGIN OF PARTICLE UNKNOWN

WHILE WELDING O5ERHEAD, LAYING ON HIS BACK, A HOT PIECE OF METAL SLAG FELL, BURNED THROUGH HIS COVERALLS AND BURNED THE LEFT ARM.

WE WERE SETTING3A GEAR ONTO A SHAFT AND I NASME WAS GIVING VERBAL SIGNALS TO ME AS I WAS OPERATING FORKLIFT. HE HAD ME RAISE UP WHEN THE GEAR WAS ALREADY IN A BIND. THE CHAIN BROKE FROM TH PRESSURE AND GE5R HIT I NAME IN LEGS ON ITS WAY DOWN. BOTH LEGS WERE CUT BELOW HIS KNEES AND H IS LEFT LEG WAS BROKEN

THE INJURED WAS3WELDING ON WALL PANELS OUT OF A JLG MANLIFT.TWO WORKERS ABOVE HIM PICKED UP A PIECE OF ANGLE IRON TO MOVE IT.WELD SLAG AND SAND PARTICLES FELL OFF THE ANGLE AND WENT INTO HIS E YE.SLAG WAS REM2VED USING A CLEANING SOLUTION AND APARTICLE OF SAND HAD TO BE REMOVED BY APHYSICIAN.

THE INJURED WAS3INSIDE THE CAR BODY OF A MARION 291 COAL SHOVEL WELDING CRACKS. HE WAS CHIPPING SLAG OFF HIS WELD WHEN THE AIR FITTING ON HIS CHIPPING GUN BROKE. AIR WAS BLOWING FREELY THROUGH THE HOSE AND D6ST AND SLAG WERE FLYING AROUND IN THE COMPARTMENT,HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES BUT THE BLOWING AIR HOSE KNOCKED THEM OFF HIS FACE.

EMPLOYEE WAS US3NG AN ARC TORCH, CUTTING A HOLE IN A RETAINING PIN.WHILE CUTTING WITH THE TORCH, A PIECE OF SLAG BLEW BACK AND WAS LODGED IN THE EMPLOYEE'S LEFT EAR.THE EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING HI S SAFETY EQUIPM9NT (SAFETY GLASSES AND WELDING HOOD).

EMPLOYEE WAS AS8ISSTING A LOADER-OPERATOR IN PLACING A DRILL STEEL IN THE PROPER POSITION ON A INGERSOLL RAND DRILL.WHEN THE DRILL STEEL APPEARED TO BE IN THE PROPER POSITION, EMPLOYEE INSTRUC TED THE LOADER-2PERATOR TO RELEASE TENSION ON THE DRILL STEEL.WHEN RELIEVING TENSION ON THE DRILL STEEL,IT MOVED,STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON RIGHT SIDE OF BODY.

TO CLINIC PIECE OF STEEL REMOVED AND WENT BACK TO WORK, EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES AND FULL FACE SHIELD.

WAS USING VIBRATOR WHEN REMOVING VIBRATOR FROM FORM HE PINCHED SKIN BETWEEN VIBRATOR AND A STEEL YOKE HE WAS TREATED AT CLINIC HAD TWO STITCHES AND R ELEASED TO GO BACK TO WORK

HE WAS SHOVELING CONCRETE INTO FORMS VIBRATOR NEXT TO HIM SPLASHED CONCRETE INTO HIS EYE. EMPLOYEE DID HAVE SAFETY GLASSES ON EYE WAS TREATED BY FLUSHING OUT AND EMPLOYEE RETURNED TO WORK

OPPERATOR DID NOT HAVE VISIBILITY IN DIRECTION HE WAS MOVING HE WAS NOT AWARE OF WHERE HE WAS ON TRACK OR WHERE REGULATOR WAS PARKED.