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DESCRIPTION PER EMPLOYEE: CHANGING TIRES ON 992 LOADER IN THE FIELD WITH VERY HIGH WINDS, DIRT BLOWING EVERYWHERE. GOT DIRT IN EYES AND WASHED THEM OUT BUT PARTICLE GOT STUCK IN LEFT EYE.
WIND BUST BLEW DUST/SAND INTO RIGHT EYE.
TECHNICIAN WAS WORKING ON ROUTINE SHOP MAITENANCE JOBS AND THROUGHOUT THE MORNING EXPERIENCED INCREASING PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK AND RIGHT HIP. HIS RECALL OF WHEN PAIN STARTED WAS WHILE BENDI NG AND STRAIGHTENING BACK UP WHILE REPAIRING A LIGHT PLANT. HE WAS NOT LIFTING OR MAKING MECHANICAL ADJUSTMENTS AT THE TIME.
EE WAS STANDING NEXT TO A SCRAPER BEING FUELED. IT WAS OVERFILLED AND THE FUEL SPRAYED THROUGH A VENT HOLE INTO THE AIR. THE WIND CARRIED THE FUEL SPRAY IN THE DIRECTION OF THE EE. THE FUEL ST RUCK HIM, AND HE GOT FUEL IN HIS EYES.