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IT WAS A VERY WINDY DAY AT A TEST SHOT. EE WAS SETTING UP EQUIPMENT AND SOME SAND BLEW IN HIS EYE CAUSING AN ABRASION ON HIS CORNEA. HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES AT THE TIME.
DUST STORM HIT DRILL PATTERN AREA TECHNICIAN REPORTED NOT FEELING ANYTHING BLOW INTO HIS EYE A FEW MINUTES AFTER THE DUST CLEARED HIS EYE BEGAN TO SWELL UP (RT EYE) NO IMPAIRMENT TO EYESIGHT
WIND BLOWN DEBRIS ENTERED LEFT EYE WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS WORKIGN ON DRAGLINE BUCKET.
ILLNESS PRE-EXISTING CONDITION AGGRAVATED BY JOB DUTIES
STEPPING OVER CABLE HOOKED TO TABLE,FELT PULLING SENSATION IN LEFT HIP.
EMPLOYEE WAS BUILDING WOOD FORMS FOR THE CONCRETE AT THE OVERLAND NEAR-PIT CRUSHING AND CONVEYING SYSTEM AT THE BLACK THUNDER MINE.THE WIND WAS BLOWING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH AND EMPLOYEE RECEIV ED A FOREIGN BODY IN HIS EYE.IT IS UNKNOWN IF ITWAS FROM THE FORMS OR JUST FLYING DIRT.
ALLERGIC REACTI2N TO BEE STING TO LEFT FOREARM.
EMP WAS MAKING 1.M. INSPECTIONS AT THE CRUSHING PLANT AND THE WIND BLEW A FOREIGN OBJECT INTO HIS RIGHT EYE
EMPLOYEE WAS ST5NDING ON THE EDGE OF THE OPEN PIT TRUCK HOPPER. THE WIND MOVED 46-0" LONG BY 6' - 0" WIDE PIECE OF CONVEYOR BELTING. THE BELTING STRUCK HIM AND KNOCKED HIM INTO THE PIT. HE FEL L 40' AND LANDE8 IN THE STEEL FEEDER AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HOPPER. HIS INITIAL INJURIES APPEARED TO BE LACERATION TO HIS HEAD. DR. METZ REPORTED THAT HE ALSO HAD A BROKEN FINGER. HE WAS WEARIN
FATAL/NON ACCID9NT - EMP WAS FILLING OUT A CHECKLIST FOR EQUIP. MAINTENANCE, NO STRENUOUS WORK WAS INVOLVED. HE SLUMPED OVER. DEATH WAS DETERMINED BY ATTENDING PHYSICIAN TO BE CARDIAC ARRHYU THMIA CAUSED BY3CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE. HE DIED AT CAMPBELL COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AT 5:15 PM. HE HAD A HISTORY OF HEAT PROBLEMS INCLUDING BY-PASS SURGERY IN 1983. THIS REPORT IS BEING FIL
EMPLOLYEE WAS T6RNING OVER TRUCK BOX WHEN THE WIND BLEW A FOREIGN OBJECT IN H IS EYE
EMPLOYEE WAS ADVISING CONTRACTOR ABOUT ALTERNATOR MOUNT MODIFICATION WHEN EMPLOYEE LOOKED UP AT THE ALTERNATOR BRACKET HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS NECK
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO ENTER THE SECONDARY BUILDING STRONG WINDS CAUSED THE DOOR TO SLAM SHUT CATCHING EMPLOYEES HAND.CUT INDEX AND MIDDLE FINGERS ON RIGHT HAND.