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was helping to work on a water truck and a gust of wind blew dust behind his safety eye wear into his eye.
Employee was walking up the steps at the fuel depot to get oil for his Off-Road truck, when his foot did not catch the step all the way, causing him to fall forward. At that time he put his hands down to catch his fall, bending his left wrist backwards. After sending the employee to Doctor's Care, it was determined that he sprained his left wrist.
EE started a/c unit and a piece of debris flew out and hit him in right eye. Due to the fact the EE was in an enclosed cab, he was not required to wear safety glasses.
Employee was cleaning off uniform, when a gust of wind blew a foreign object into his left eye. Employee had eye protection on at the time of the incident according to employee and witnesses.
EE was lifting a 90lb. dragline bucket tooth over the top of the tailgate of the welding truck, The tooth slipped out of the left hand and fell on the right hand, Hand was between the tooth and the top of the tailgate.
Operator was exiting the dragline to evaluate a new setup. He stepped down off the dragline & turned his ankle in loose soil. The loose soil was from dozer work left behind by first shift clean up of work area.