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Employee was operating a haul truck and the wind blew dust inside of the cab, which got into the employee's left eye. The employee was diagnosed with a corneal abrasion. The doctor prescribed 2 days off work.
Employee was getting ready to clean tops of bulk bags off (had not started) when the wind picked up and blew a foreign object into his right eye.
While exiting a 988 Caterpillar front end loader, the employee had his hand on the door frame and a gust of wind blew the door closed on the employee's left hand.
"Horseplay" Employee was arm wrestling with another employee and he fractured his right humerus bone. Doctor put his right arm in a hard cast.
ee was driving a forklift, felt dizzy, s topped and passed out. ee did not report this and went home. later called and reported that testing showed that he suffered a slight heart attack.
WHILE WALKING UNDER MILL #1 ORE PAN FEEDERS, A GUST OF WIND CAME UP AND BLEW DUST UNDER THE EMPLOYEE'S SAFETY GLASSES AND INTO HIS LEFT EYE. THE EMPLOYEE FLUSHED HIS EYE WITH SALINE SOLUTION A ND WENT HOME FOR THE DAY. THE NEXT MORNING, HIS EYE WAS RED & IRRITATED SO WE FLUSHED IT OUT & TOOK HIM TO THE ER. THE DR COULD NOT FIND ANY FOREIGN OBJECTS BUT HE DID HAVE CONJUNCTIVITIS CAU
WHILE EE WAS DRIVING HIS FORKLIFT IN FRONT OF THE MAINTENANCE SHOP, A STRONG GUST OF WIND CAME UP AND BLEW DUST FROM THE #1 MILL AREA INTO HIS LEFT EYE. HE FLUSHED HIS EYE WITH SALINE SOLUTION & WENT TO THE DOCTOR ON 10/30/03. DIAGNOSIS WAS SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE OS & TREATMENT WAS EYE MOISTURIZING GTTS. EE WAS RELEASED TO FULL DUTY & CAME BACK TO WORK ON HIS NEXT SCHEDULED WOR
MINE OPERATOR NOTIFIED OF INJURY 6/22/03 BY EMPLOYEE SEEKING MEDICAL EVALUATION WITH HIS PERSONAL PHYSICIAN. ONCE ADVISED BY EMPLOYEE, SENT TO COMPANY CONTRACTED CLINIC. DIAGNOSIS MADE 8/19/03 OF EPICONDYLITIS, HAD NOW MADE THIS REPORTRABLE WITH MSHA. INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS TARPING A TRUCK WHEN WIND BLEW AND PULLED ARM CAUSING PAIN.
WORKER DID NOT KNOW SPECIFICALLY WHEN OR HOW HE HURT HIS BACK. CALLED IN TO WORK ON 7/22/00 WITHBACK PAIN CLAIMING HE HAD HURT IT ON THE JOB. WEQUESTION THE VALIDITY OF THIS CLAIM.
WHILE MOVING WATER TRUCK, THE WIND WAS BLOWING A PARTICLE OF DIATOMACEOUS EARTH BLEW INTO LEFT EYE. FIRST AID ADMINISTERED BY USE OF EYE WASH STATION AND EYE WASH BOTTLES, HOWEVER EYE REMAINED IRRITATED AND EE WENT TO HOSPITAL AND PRESCRIPTION EYE DROPS WERE ADMINISTERED AND PRESCRTIBED. MEDICAL TREATMENT ONLY.
EE REMOVED SAFETY CLASSES AND THEN RUBBED HIS EYE. METAL SHAVING FROM DRILLING WERE ON SLEEVE, GOT INTO EYE EE'S EYE BECAME RED AND SWOLLEN, HAD TO GO TO DR AND HAVE METAL SHAVING REMOVED.
I WENT TO GET LOAD, GUST OF WIND CAME UP AND WENT UP UNDER MY SAFETY GLASSES INTO MY RIGHT EYE.
I WAS PACKING BULK BAGS. I WAS IN THE PROCESS OF CLEANING MY SAFETY GLASSES AND STRONG GUST OF WIND BLEW DUST AND DEBRIS IN MY EYE.
WHILE OUTSIDE HANGING A MEN WORKING SIGN HE WAS STUNG BY A WASP AND HAD AN ALLERGIC REACTION. DR PESCRIBED EDIPEN AUTO INJECTOR.
I WAS CHECKING TRAILER #'S ON THE FRONT DOCK, TURNED TO WALK BACK INTO THE BUILDING AND DUST BLEW INTO MY EYE.
SWITCHING TRUCKS, THE WIND WAS BLOWING AND GOT DIRT IN BETWEEN MY SAFETY GLASSES AND MY FACE INTO MY EYES.
WIND BLEW DUST INTO EYE.
WHILE LOADING A PIG VAN AT THE #2 DOCK THE WIND BLEW SOMETHING INTO LEFT EYE
AFTER STACKING BAGS FOR ABOUT AN HOURS, I WENT TO FIX A JAM IN THE ROLELRS, IT WA SVERY WINDY AND DUST BLEW IN MY EYES. I TRIED TO WASH MY EYE 3 IMES BUT IT ONLY BECAMORE IRRITATED.
OPERATOR WAS WASHING WINDOW OF HIS D9N DOZER WHEN A SWIRL OF DUST BLEW SOMETHING IN HIS EYE. HE WAS WEARING HIS SAFETY GLASSES.
WHILE OPPERATING FORKLIFT WENT OUTSIDE TO PUT BLOCKS UNDER A TRUCK & SAND BLEW INTO EYE
EMPLOUEE REINJURED HIS ALREADY HURT THUMB FROM AN ACCIDENT ON 12-02-93.
WHILE DRIVING THRU THE PLANT STOCK PILE, WIND BLEW ON THE FLOOR. PIECE OF DIRT CAME THRU THE WINDOW OR THE AIR CONDITIONER AND WAS LODGED IN THE RIGHT EYE.
EMPLOYEE STATES: EE GOT A PIECE OF DIRT IN HIS EYE WHEN EE WAS WORKING OUTSIDE IN A DIRTY/DUSTY AREA AND THE WIND KICKED UP. EE WASHED THE EYE WITH EYEWASH & WENT BACK TO WORK. ABOUT 4:30 OVE RTIME IT GOT REALLY IRRITATED & RED.
UNKNOWN.
CLEANING DUMP, WIND WAS BLOWING DUST AND SOME GOT INTO EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO TARP HIS TRAILER IN HIGH WIND. WHILE TURNING TARP WHEEL, HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS SHOULDER.
WALKED OUTSIDE OF MAINTENANCE SHOP INTO WIND BLOWING DIRT AROUND.
GOING DOWNSTAIRS FROM LAB AND STARTED TO STEP DOWN FELT KNEE POP