GRINDING RUST OFF AN EIGHT INCH WATER PIPE. IT WAS VERY WINDY AND PART OF THE RUST WAS BLOWN BEHIND HIS SAFETY GLASSES AND INTO HIS RIGHT EYE.
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Showing all 4WORKING AT BLUE ROCK CRUSHER USING LOADER.
EMPLOYEE WAS CA9RYING A DIRTY BOX OF PARTS THRU THE WAREHOUSE. A GUST OF WIND BLEW SOME DEBRIS INTO HIS EYES. A PIECE OF METAL IMBEDDED IN HIS EYE AND HAD TO BE REMOVED AT THE HOSPITAL.
INSPECTING SAND SHUTTLE CONVEYOR BELT, A STRONG GUST OF WIND PICKED UP BELT SLAMMING IT AGAINST THE OPERATOR WHO WAS WALKING ALONG SIDE THROWING HIM AGAINST THE GUARD RAIL