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May 13, 1994 KS · Metal/Non-Metal rock driller MACHINERY
Fogle Quarry Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE GRINDING SHARPENING ROOLEBITS WITH SAFETY GLASSES ON A SPEC OF METAL GOT INTO LEFT EYE HAD TO BE REMOVED NO PERMANENT DAMAGE

July 2, 1992 KS · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor MACHINERY
Fogle Quarry Company Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE USED CUTTOFF SAW 7-2-92 WAS NOT WEARING EYE PROTECTION. THAT EMBEDDED RIGHT EYE REMOVED CORENEAL ABRASION. NO PERMENENT IMPAIRMENT.

January 30, 1991 KS · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Fogle Quarry Company Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS IN A SEMI PRONE POSITION CUTTING METAL WITH TORCH WITH GOGGLES ON WHEN A SMALL PIECE OF SLAG GOT INTO LEFT EYE. HOT PIECE OF METAL WAS REMOVED FROM EYELID. DIAGNOSIS WAS CORNEA L ABRASION (SCRATCH). PROGOSIS IS COMPLETE RECOVERY WITH NO IMPAIRMENT. PAIN KILLER AND EYEDROPS (RX) WERE ADMISNSTERED.

December 11, 1989 KS · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator MACHINERY
Fogle Quarry Company Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE CLAIMS THAT WHILE SHARPENING <GRINDING| ROCK DRILL BITS WITH ADEQUATE SAFETY GLASSES ON A PIECE OF STEEL GOT INTO HIS RT EYE CONTINUAL IRRITATION CAUSED HIM TO REPORT IT STEEL REMOVED & FOLLOWED UP WITH 2 EXAMS & ANTIBIOTIC TREATMENTS CORNEAL ABRASION OF RT EYE-NO IMPAIRMENT

October 18, 1988 KS · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant MACHINERY
Fogle Quarry Company Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPL WAS GRINDING IN A SEMIPRONE POSITION WITH A FACE SHIELD ON A VERY SMALL SLIVER OF METAL GOT NTO HIS L EYE CAUSING IRRITATION METAL WAS REMOVED PATCH AND EYE DROPS GIVEN THER WAS NO PERMAN ENT IMPAIRMENT DONE

April 11, 1988 KS · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Fogle Quarry Company Inc · Flash burns (welding)

EMPLOYEE CLAIMS THAT WHILE ARE WELDING OUTSIDE, THE SUN REFLECTED FROM THE REAR INTO THE INSIDE OF HIS WELDING BONNET WHICH OVER A PERIOD OF TIME CAUSED A FLASH BURN OF BOTH EYES.

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