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WAS PRYING A 2" THICK 200# PIECE OF STEEL WITH A PRY BAR WHEN STEEL SLIPPED AND FELL ON LEFT HAND RING FINGER. LEFT HAND RING FINGER FRACTURE AND OPEN WOUND.
REMOVING ROCK FROM THE GRATE WITH HAMMER. ROCK BROKE PIECE OF ROCK AND FLEW INTO LEFT EYE BRUISING EYE AND LID.
HE WAS BENDING OVER TO PERFORM SOME MAINTENANCE ON THE PLANT STRUCTURE AND TWISTED. THIS RESULTED IN A MUSCLE SPASM, WHICH PROGRESSIVELY BECAME MORE PAINFUL AS TIME PROGRESSED. (MUSCLE SPASMS WERE FIRST DIAGNOSED, BUT FURTHER TESTING IS BEING DONE TO DETERMINE IF THERE WAS ANY DAMAGE DONE TO THE PREVIOUS BACK SURGERY HE HAD DONE IN THE FALL OF 1991.
I WAS HAMMERING3A SPIKE RAIL WHEN IT FLEW UP INTO MY EYE. I WENT STRAIGHT TO THE E/R IN LOUDONVILLE. I SAW DR THERE & HE REFERRED ME TO OTHER DR.