EE ON 5/17/97 WHILE WEARING HIS SAFETY GLASSES [TINTED] & DURING HIGH GUSTING WINDS HAD SOMETHING BLOW INTO HIS LEFT EYE. INCIDENT WAS REPORTED 5/21/97 & ON THIS DATE HE WENT TO SEE A DR ABOUT THE EYE IRRITATION. NO FOREIGN OBJECT WAS FOUND. THE DR PRESCRIBED AN OINTMENT FOR THE EYE.
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Showing all 13EE CLIMBED THREE FLIGHTS OF STAIRS & WHEN HE REACHED THE TOP HE COLLAPSED & WENT UNCONSCIOUS. PLANT EE CALLED 911 WHILE ANOTHER PLANT EE STARTED FIRST AID. EE WAS THEN TANSPORTED TO THE HOSPIT AL.
TORN ROTATOR CUFF, EXACT CAUSE NOT KNOWN. CONFIRMED WORK RELATED BY CO. PHYSICIAN. SURGERY SCHEDULED FOR JANUARY 21, 1997.
EE HAD CHEST PAINS & SWEAT . HE WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL BY EMTS PERRY TOWNSHIP.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING UP LADDER ON 980 B FRONT END LOADER AND THE WIND BLEW DOOR SMASHING HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN DOOR AND THE HAND RAIL.
EE REPORTED TO WORK THIS AM & STATED TO SEVERAL EES THAT HE WAS EXPERIENCING TIGHTNESS IN HIS CHEST, NAUSEA & SOME PAIN IN HIS ARMS. EE ALSO STATED THAT HE BEGAN EXPERIENCING THIS PAIN PRIOR T O REPORTING TO WORK. AT THE INSISTANCE OF LOCAL PLANT SUPERVISION HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL FOR EVALUATION. IT WAS THEN DETERMINED THAT HE HAD A MILD HEART ATTACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS STARTING TO OPERATE THE KOMATSU GRADER HE PLACED HIS LEFT ARM ON THE ARM REST WHICH HAD A BEE ON IT THE BEE STUNG HIS LEFT ARM BETWEEN THE ELBOW & WRIST
EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A ;1990 CHEVY 1/2 TON PICKUP TRUCK ON THE MINE PROPERTY WHEN AN INSECT STUNG OR BIT HIM ON THE BACK THIS HAPPENED AT APP 10:00AM IN THE MORNING HE START FELL HOT DIZZY & V ERE SICK TO HIS STOMACH HE WAS TAKEN TO RIVERSIDE HOSPITAL
EMPLOYEE WAS PERFORMING HIS REGULAR JOB AS SCALER OPERATOR WHEN HE HAD SEVERE CHEST PAINS WHICH WAS LATER DETERMINED HE HAD SUFFERED A HEART ATTACK.
EMPOLOYEE WAS SHOVELING AT PRIMARY THE WIND BLEW SOMETHING INTO HIS EYE
EE WAS WALKING BACK TO THE FORD 1 TON AND MUD FROM SOMEWHERE FLEW AND HIT HIM IN THE RIGHT EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS LOOKING BEHIND RUBBER FLAP ON CRUSHER #1 AND A FOREIGN OBJECT FELL BEHIND THE SAFETY GLASSES TO THE LEFT EYE.,
EMPL CLEANING BASEMENT OF PRIMARY WITH SHOVEL.WIND CAUGHT MATERIAL AND BLEW IT BACK INTO FACE.MATERIAL GOT IN RIGHT EYE AROUND SAFETY GLASSES.