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THE WIND CAUGHT DOOR OF TOOL TRAILER AND SWUNG IT SHUT HITTING EE.
EE EXPERINECE AN ALLERGIC REACTION TO LYSOL SPRAY WHICH WAS SPRAYED IN THE OPERATOR'S CAB OF THE UNIT HE WAS OPERATING.
EMPLOYEE WAS LOOSENING PIPE FLANGE BOLTS WHEN THE WIND BLEW A PIECE OF DRY WEED UNDER HIS GLASSES, SCRATCHING HIS EYEBALL.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING NEXT TO 395 B.E. SHOVEL. THE MACHINE WAS THROWING UP DUST AND DIRT. THE WIND WAS BLOWING AND BLEW DIRT IN EMPLOYEE'S LEFT EYE.
DUST OR FOREIGN PARTICAL LODGED IN LEFT EYE DUE TO GUST OF WIND.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING OUT TO THE READY-LINE TO BRING A LOADER INTO THE SHOP FOR MAINTENANCE WORK. CONDITIONS AT THE TIME WERE WINDY, AND SOMETHING BLEW INTO HIS RIGHT EYE. EMPLOYEE THOUGHT IT W AS DUST, SO HE WASHED IT OUT WITH WATER AND CONTINUED WITH HIS SHIFT. THE EYE KEPT BOTHER HIM, AND THE NEXT MORNING WHEN HE WOKE UP, HIS EYE WAS MATTED SHUT. OPTOMETRIST DEADENED THE EYE AND
SCRAPERS WERE WAITING TO BE ESCORTED ACROSS MAIN COAL ROAD AT LUNCH.THE WIND WAS BLOWING VERY HARD,30-40-MPH.AS SCRAPERS CROSSED THE COAL ROAD THE WIND BLEW VERY FINE COAL DUST INTO THE INJURE DS EYES.HE WAS WEARING HIS SAFETY GLASSES WHICH HAD SIDE SHIELDS ON THEM HE WAS THEN TAKEN TO HOSPITAL TO HAVE ONE EYE WASHED OUT DUE TO IRRIATION.
EMPLOYEE WAS PICKING UP PARTS FROM THE WAREHOUSE WINDOW. THE SHOP DOORS WERE OPEN AS THE WEATHER WAS HOT. A STRONG WIND GUST CAME UP AND EMPLOYEE WALKED ACROSS THE SHOP TO SHUT DOOR. A FOREIGN OBJECT, POSSIBLY DUST, BLEW INTO EMPLOYEE'S LEEFT EYE. WEATHER CONDITIONS: HOT; GROUND AROUND SHOP WAS DRY; WIND GUSTS.
EMPLOYEE WAS PERFORMING SIMULATED RESCUE OFF A DRAGLINE. WIND WAS VERY STRONG AND A FOREIGN OBJECT, BELIEVED TO BE COAL DUST OF A PIECE OF STEEL, BLEW INTO EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT EYE.
EMP WAS TIEING PRIMACORD FOR BLASTING SHOT PATTERN BENT OVER TO PICK UP CORD AND FELT SHARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK
EE WAS OPERATING DOZER TO MOVE DIRT WHEN THE WIND BLEW DUST INTO HIS EYE.