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Showing all 8WHILE WELDING ON CALCINER RETAINING RING, HIGH WINDS BLEW SOMETHING INTO EMPLOYEE'S EYE. A SMALL METAL PIECE WAS REMOVED FROM EMPLOYEE'S LEFT EYE.
WIND BOORN PARTICLE ENTERED BOTH EYES WHILE WALKING ACROSS BOTTOM OF TANK.
HELPING SET TANKS WIND BLEW METAL SHAVINGS FROM IMPACT REAMER IN EYE
TWO EMPLOYEES WERE WORKING WITH 24" ABS PIPE IN A TEMPORARY STORAGE AREA.A STRONG GUST OF WIND PICKED UP THE END OF ONE PIPE(PIPES WERE LAYING WITH THE OPEN BARREL TO THE WIND) AND SWUNG THE P IPE AROUND STRIKING ONE EMPLOYEE IN THE BACK.
EXTREME HIGH WINDS BLEW DUST AND METAL PARTICLES INTO EYE. EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES WITH SIDE SHIELDS.
EMPLOYEE WAS WO9KING ON TANK WHILE SAND BLASTING PARTICLE OF METAL IN EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS CL9ANING WELD ON SHELL OF TANK WITH GRINDER. THE WIND WAS BLOWING 15 TO 25 MPH THAT DAY. PARTICLE IN EYE MAY HAVE BEEN WIND BLOWN. EMPLOYEE DID NOT KNOW ANYTHING WASIN EYE UNTIL E VENING. 3