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January 9, 2002 UT · Metal/Non-Metal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator, crane operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Basin Perlite Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLEANING OUT ROLLER MILL. DUST FELL DOWN AND FELL IN EYE BEHIND SAFETY GLASSES. DID NOT HURT UNTIL LATER THAT NIGHT, SO TRIED TO WASH OUT WITH EYE WASH. REPORTED TO SUPERVISOR NEXT MORNING. TRANSPORTED TO DOCTOR WHO REMOVED TINY PERLITE PARTICLE FROM EYE LID.

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