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WHILE OPERATING LOADER, FEEDING AGGREGATE FROM PIT TO ASPHALT PLANT, MET UP WITH TRUCK IN PIT AREA, DUST FLEW AND EE FELT SOMETHING GET IN LEFT EYE.
WHILE LIFTING STEEL LINER INTO CRUSHER, EMPLOYEE TOOK A 6' BAR TO PRY THE STEEL LOOSE BECAUSE IT WAS JAMMED AND HE FELT SOMETHING POP IN HIS RIGHT ARM.
EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING A BEARING OFF OF CONVEYOR AT CRUSHER. EMPLOYEE HIT BEARING WITH HAMMER, AN A METAL FRAGMENT FLEW OFF AND EMBEDDE DIN EMPLOYEE'S UPPER LEFT ARM.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A WATER TRUCK (WATERING AREA FOR DUST CONTROL) WHEN GUST OF WIND BLEW IN THROUGH WINDOW AND GOT SOMETHING IN EMPLOYEES EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING LOADER IN PIT AREA. WHEN DIRT GOT IN EYE. EMPLOYEE STATES HE USED EYE WASH AT SHOP AND CONTINUED TO USE EYE WASH AT HOME DAILY, BUT IRRITATION CONTINUED SO HE WENT OT DOCTOR FOR TREATMENT ON 10-22-91. TO DOCTOR FOR TREATMENT ON 1-22-91.
EE WERE LIFTING MANTLE NUT OFF CRUSHER WHEN IT GOT OFF BALANCE. ONE EE MOVED HIS HAND TO REBALANCE AND CUT HIS HAND ON NUT THREADS.
EE WAS CLEARING A LARGE ROCK FROM CONE OF CRUSHER WHEN A PIECE OF STEEL WENT THROUGH THE CONE, SPLINTERED AND STRUCK HIS EYE.