INJURED WAS SCRAPING DIRT AND OLD PAIN FROM THE COAL BELT FRAME WORK IN PREPARATION FOR PAINTING ID NUMBERS ON THE FRAME, WHEN A GUST OF WIND DIRT IN HIS EYES AND UNDERNEATH HIS ASAFETY GLASSE S. BLEW
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Showing all 8EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING OUT LIGHTS ON PREHEATER WHEN EMPLOYEE BECAME HOT TIRED LIGHT HEADED & VERY WEKA EMPLOYEE CAME DOWN OFF OF PREHEATER & WENT TO SHOP WHILE WALKING TO WATER FOUNTAIN THIS EM PLOYEE FAINTED
DUST BLEW INTO EYE UNDER SAFETY GLASSES. VERY WINDY DAY.
ALLEGED BACK INJ NOT REPORTED NOT CLAIMED UNTIL ELECTIVE SURGERY FAILED TO CORRECTEMP PROBLEM STATED THAT THEY WERE NOT WORK RELATED
EMPL WAS OPERATING STREET SWEEPER WHEN GUST OF WIND BLEW DUST INTO EYES
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING FIBERGLASS INSULATION FROM PIPING WIND BLEW INSULATION UNDER SAFETY GLASSES INTO RT EYE EMBEDDING FIBER GLASS PARTICLE IN EYE
EE WAS SUPERVIS3NG THE UNPLUGGINH OF PRODUCT LINE ON PREHEAT TOWER WITH AN AIR LANCE. WHEN LINE UNPLUGGED A STRONG WIND BLEW DUST OVER AREA WHERE EE WAS STANDING. EE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES BUT VOLUME OF 3DUST WAS SO GREAT THEY WERE LITTLE PROTECTION.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A WIRE BREUSHE TO CLEAN REBAR AND THE WIND BLEW SOMETHING INTO HIS EYE.