WORKER WAS ATTEMPTING TO MOVE A RETURN ROLL WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER WHEN A FLAKE OF STEEL CHIPPED LOOSE AND ENTERED HIS RIGHT EYE
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Showing all 4WORKER WAS OPENING R.R.CAR DOOR WITH SLEDGE HAMMER WHEN A METAL FLAKE DISLODGED & FLEW INTO WORKERS EYE, EMBEDDING ITSELF
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WORKER WAS OPENING RAILROAD CAR DOORS. ONE DOOR WAS JAMMED, WHEN WORKER PRYED DOOR OPEN THE MATERIAL LEAVING CAR CAUGHT WORKER\S ARM PULLING HIM INTO HOPPER BELOW. WORKER WAS BURIED UP TO HIS NECK IN GRAVEL.