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Employee was working on equipment and the wind came up and blew a foreign body in his right eye. Foreign body was removed by a doctor.
Employee states that he bent over to wash under a conveyor and when he stood up his knee "popped" and he felt pain.
While employee was cleaning the windows on the haul truck, the wind blew dirt into the operator's left eye. The eye was flushed. The employee still felt something and was subsequently seen by an optometrist. A one time application of antibiotic ointment was applied. NOTE: Employee was wearing safety glasses with side shields at the time of the incident.
WORKING OUTDOORS IN DUSTY, WINDY ENVIROMENT. RIGHT EYE BECAME IRRITATED FELT LIKE SOMETHING WAS IN IT. FLUSHED EYE WITH SOLUTION AT SITE, DID NOT IMPROVE, WENT TO E.R. AT HOSPITAL. COAL DUST P ARTICLES WERE REMOVED AND ANTIBIOTICS WERE ADMINISTERED.
EE DID NOT REPORT HIS ACCIDENT UNTIL 2/12/01. HEINFORMED SITE SUPERVISOR THAT HE HURT HIS BACK. NO FURTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.
EE GOT OFF THE ELEVATOR AT THE PREP PLANT & A GUST OF WIND CAME UP & BLEW DIRT & DUST IN HIS FACE & EYES. EE HAD A RESCUE TEAM MEMBER FLUSH EYES OUT BUT IT DIDN'T HELP. WE TOOL EE TO THE EYE D OCTOR WHERE A METAL SPEC WAS REMOVED FROM HIS CORNEA. THE EE RETURNED TO WORK THE FOLLOWING SHIFT WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS.
EMPLOYEE NOTICED PAIN IN HIS RIGHT EYE AT BREAK AT 10:30 P.M. HE HAD IT LOOKED AT BY A RESCUE TEAM MEMBER AT 3 A.M. AS HE WAS STILL IN PAIN. NOTHING WAS FOUND IN THE EYE AT THIS TIME. HE WE NT HOME FOLLOWING HIS SHIFT & STILL HAD PAIN THE NEXT DAY SO HE WENT TO DR. A PIECE OF METAL SHAVING WAS REMOVED FROM HIS RIGHT EYE; HE REPORTED BACK TO WORK WITH NO FURTHER PROBLEMS.