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EMPLOYEE HAD CUT A SMALL PIECE OF STEEL & WAS USING A STATIONARY GRINDER TO CLEAN THE EDGES. A SMALL CHIP FLEW INTO HIS EYE & BECAME EMBEDDED. EE HAD ON SAFETY GLASSES & HAD THE SHIELD ON THE GRINDER DOWN. EE SHOULD HAVE WORK GOGGLES OVER HIS GLASSES. GOGGLES WERE AVAILABLE AT THE GRINDER.

EMPLOYEE GOT TWO PIECES OF METAL IN HIS RIGHT EYE WHILE GRINDING. METAL HAD TO BE GROUND OUT.

THE DOCTOR DETERMINED THAT A DIME-SIZED BURN ON THE EMPLOYEE'S ELBOW BECAME INFECTED. EE STATED HE GOT THE BURN WHILE AIR-LANCING ON A DRAGLINE BUCKET IN THE SHOP. A PIECE OF SLAG POPPED OVER HIS PROTECTIVE LEATHER SLEEVE. HE DIDN'T SEEK FIRST AID TREATMENT. HE STARTED MISSING TIME ON 9-29-03. DYE IN THE LEATHER MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED. ALSO, HE SHOULD HAVE SOUGHT FIRST AID PREVENTION

EMPLOYEE WAS GRADING THE DRAGLINE BENCH. WHILE DOING THIS, THE BLADE HIT THE TOP OF A LARGE ROCK THAT WAS PARTIALLY BURIED CAUSING THE EMPLOYEE TO BE JARRED. HE STATED HE WAS WEARING A SEAT BE LT. OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS, HIS BACK BECAME STIFF AND SORE. HE WORKED 7/26 AND 7/28 - WENT TO DR ON 7/28 AND THEN WAS OFF.

EE WAS STANDING ON TOP OF THE TUB OF A 1370 DRGLINE WAITING WHILE A HOIST WAS BEING LOWERED DOWN IN ORDER TO REMOVE STEEL THAT HAD BEEN CUT OFF THE TUB. AS THE HOIST WAS BEING LOWERED INTO THE COMPARTMENT WHERE EE WAS STANDING, THE CABLES CAME UNDONE FROM THE DRUM AND THE CRANE HOOK AND CABLES FELL ABOUT 4-6 FT AND HIT EE ON THE FOREARM.

EE WAS USING AN IMPACT WRENCH WHILE MOUNTING A MOTOR ON A PUMP. HE WAS USING THE IMPACT IN AN OVERHEAD POSITION. A PIECE OF DIRT OR RUST BECAME EMBEDDED IN EYE. EE HAD ON SAFETY GLASSES.

EE WAS CHECKING CMI COAL DRYERS. THE FIRST TWO HE CHECKED WERE PLUGGED WHICH DOES NOT ALLOW THEM TO RUN. TO UNPLUG THEM, WATER IS RUN INTO THEMTO UNPLUG AND LOOSEN THE COAL. EE WENT TO THE NE XT LEVEL AND WHEN HE STARTED #23 CMI IT STARTED TO SQUEAL. EE REACHED UP UNDER THE COVER OVER THE BELT DRIVE PULLEY, WHEN HE TOUCHED THE MOVING BELT IT PULLED HIS GLOVED HAND INTO THE PULLEY.

EE WAS USING A LANCING BAR TO BURN A HOLE IN A 6" PIN. WHEN THE BAR BURNED DOWN TO ABOUT 3', PRESSURE IN THE HOLE BLEW OUT BLOWING THE BAR HOLDER OFF THE END OF THE BAR. WHEN THE HOLDER CAME O FF, FIRE SHOT OUT THE END OF THE BAR INTO EE'S FACE. EE WAS WEARING GOGGLES BUT DID NOT HAVE HIS WELD HOOD ON.

EE WAS WELDING ON A DRAGLINE BUCKET IN THE SHOP USING A HARD COAT WIRE. HE CLOSED HIS HOOD TO CONTINUE WELDING AND A PIECE OF SLAG GOT INTO HIS EYE UNDER HIS EYELID. EE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLAS SES AND PARTICLE NOT EMBEDDED, RX MEDICATION GIVEN.

EMPLOYEE WAS LEVELING SPOIL MATERIAL. AFTER HE GOT HOME, HE STATED HIS TAILBONE STARTED HURTING.HE CAME TO WORK ON 8-13-01 BUT LEFT MIDWAY THROUGH THE SHIFT BECAUSE HIS TAILBONE BOTHERED HIM, HE SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION.

EE WAS WORKING ON REPLACING BOTTOM OF CONVEYOR BELT STRUCTURE IN PLANT. HE SAW CUTTING, CHIPPING AND CLEANING SCALE AND RUST. A RUST PARTICLE GOT INTO EYE. HE WAS WORKING, LYING ON HIS BACK. W AS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES & GOGGLES WHILE CUTTING.

EE WAS OPERATING A LOG SKIDDER TO GO MOVE PUMPS AS HE TURNED AROUND IN THE ROAD, THE LEFT DOOR CAME OPEN & WITH THE AID OF A STRONG WIND WNET PAST THE DOOR STOP & HIT THE LEFT FRONT TIRE. THI S BUCKLED THE DOOR TORE IT OFF THE HINGES & THREW IT BACK INTO THE CAB STRIKING EE ON HIS HARD HAD & SHOULDER INVESTIGATION

EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING IN MOVING A HAUL TRUCK DIFFERENTIAL WITH AN OVERHEAD HOIST. ONE OF THE CHAINS SUPPORTING THE DIFFERENTIAL CAME LOOSE AND FLEW UP STRIKING HIM IN THE FACE. A HOOK ON THE CHAIN MAY HAVE SPREAD.

DUST FILTER COMPARTMENT ON A DML DRILL HAD BEEN OPENED BY DRILL OPERATOR FOR A MAINTENANCE CHECK OF FILTERS. AFTER COMPLETION OF MINOR ADJUSTMENTS, DRILLER RESTARTED DUST CONTROL SYSTEM FAN B EFORE CLOSING FILTER COMPARTMENT DOORS, CREATINGA STRONG VACUUM IN THE FILTER COMPARTMENT. INJURED WAS ASSISTING IN CLOSING THE FILTER COMPARTMENT.

DRILL OPERATOR WAS ATTEMPTING TO REPLACE THE DECK WRENCH CYLINDER CONNECTING PIN AND KEEPER (CAB SIDE) WHICH CONNECTS THE YOLK OF THE CYLINDER TO THE DECK WRENCH FRAME. THE DECK WRENCH CYLINDE R IS HYDRAULIC CONTROLLED. EE ATTEMPTED TO OPERATE THE CYLINDER CONTROL LEVER INSIDE OF CAB DOOR WITH HIS RIGHT HAND WHILE REACHING TO ALIGN THE CYLINDER YOLK WITH THE DECK WRENCH FRAME FOR C

EE WAS SITTING AND BUILDING UP A TOOTH BASE ON A 2550 DRAGLINE BUCKET. HE WAS USING A 7" DISC GRINDER, GRINDING THE FRONT OF THE BASE WHEN HE HEARD A NOISE TO HIS RIGHT. HE TURNED TO SEE WHAT IT WAS AND EVIDENTLY AS HE TUEN HIS BODFY ENOUGHTHAT HIS PANT LEG WAS CAUGHT BY THE GRINDER WHEEL WHICH PULLED THE GRINDER INTO HIS KNEE CAP. EE WAS IN THE BUCKET BUILDING.