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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.