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Employee was cleaning out the 100 crusher and the employee looked into then 100 crusher turned EE's head upward when EE felt a pop in EE's neck right side and employee felt arms go numb and tingly. Employee told supervisor and the supervisor call safety.
It was a windy day we had two maintenance employees working on primary crusher. One employee was welding while the other was moving parts. The employee moving parts was walking by where the grinding work was being completed when a piece of metal went into EE's eye.
Employee states "wind blew the J-204 belt off track. I was placing rock on belt and was trying to replace back to original position when the wind blew the belt with rock back up in my face and knocked me back a few feet." This became reportable when employee sought medical treatment 4/11/19.
Employee describes that three months ago they got this checked out and was told to get a CT scan which they did not get done. A week ago, it started getting bigger and started hurting, that is why they reported it now. There is no direct cause that they can report.
Employee was driving EE's truck with a supervisor. The employee said "something is weird with my eye." The supervisor saw the injured employees left eye start to bleed. Emergency room indicated this was not due to work and cannot be connected to the job.
Employee loading a truck on an extremely windy day and got product in his eyes due to a gust of wind.
This is not an employee but a contractor who cleans our offices two times per week. I have no official report from the injured party however have reports from employees who came to her aid. The injured party called for help over the radio system. The employees who came to her aid reported that the injured party stated that she broke her leg.
Employee grabbed this employee's hand, squeezed it and aggravated an old injury to the hand. He felt something pop, then sharp pain and swelling. Did not occur during work however on break.
Employee said he had chest pains while driving to work but decided to come to work anyway. He said he was sweeping and climbing stairs in the cooler building when he felt chest pains again and started to sweat, one hour after his shift started. He decided to leave work. He sought medical treatment at 5:00 p.m. the day after his shift.
Employee sitting on a chair, reading a manual to a maintenance mechanic. Employee coughed. Mechanic saw that employee looked as if he were not breathing. Went to employee's aid. Employee came to but was unsure of where he was. Employee sent with his wife to hospital, refused ambulance. No C4 has been filled out and no diagnosis. Hospital had him off the following day.
High winds caused dust to blow into employee eyes.
Employee walking from one work place to another in windy conditions, wind gusted and blew product in eyes.
Employee was loading a customer truck in windy conditions. The wind gusted product toward the operators face and blew product into both eyes, with the right one being worse than the left one.
Employee felt heart palpitations and asked to go to the hospital.
Employee working under elevated vehicle, collapsed and was pronounced dead at the scene. An apparent massive heart attack.