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Employee was standing about 10'away observing a track tourch that was cutting metal. He was wearing both a cutting face shield and safety glasses when he felt something in his eye. This was later found to be metal that was imbedded in his eye and had to be removed by an eye Doctor.
The employee was walking down from the second level of the truck dump when a gust of wind blew something under his safety glasses and into his right eye.
A REPORTABLE HEARING LOSS WAS IDENTIFIED IN THE ANNUAL AUDIOMETRIC TESTING. A SECOND AUDIOGRAM CONFIRMED THE SHIFT IN HEARING.
EE WAS OPERATING A MOTOR GRADER WHEN HE BECAME ILL. AN ON SITE MINE EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM MEMBER CHECKED THE EE AND SUSPECTED HEART PROBLEMS. THE EE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL VIA MINE AMBLANCE.
FOREIGN PARTICLE BLOWN INTO EE'S "R" EYE. TREATMENT WITH BACTERIAL OINTMENT. WIND GUSTS OF 30-40 MPH. EE WAS WEARING PROTECTIVE EYE WEAR.