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September 9, 1996 CA · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner ELECTRICAL
R-Bar-C Inc · Flash burns (electric)

EE WAS REATTACHING A LOOSE WIRE IN A LIVE ELECTRICAL BOX. THE WIRE ARCED AND EE RECEIVED A FLASH BURN TO BOTH EYES. HE DID NOT REPORT THIS TO SUPERVISOR UNTIL NEXT MORNING;. HE HAD ALREADY SEE N A DR. AS HIS EYES HAD STARTED TO BURN THE NIGHT AFTER THE ACCIDENT, AND HE HAD GONE IN FOR TREATMENT.

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