The employee was working in a washplant where there was welding being conduted by another employee. The flash must have bounced off the walls in the washplant and flash burned his eyes.
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December 14, 2006
CO · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
MACHINERY
Hall Irwin Corporation · Flash burns (welding)
January 23, 2004
CO · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
MACHINERY
Hall-Irwin Construction Company · Struck by flying object
THE EE WAS GRINDING ON METAL AND GOT A PIECE OF METAL UNDER HIS GLASSES AND INTO HIS EYE.
Hall-Irwin Construction Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WAS CHANGING THE SCREENS TO A SCREEN DECK WITH AN IMPACT WRENCH. HE WAS SWEATING & HE WIPED HIS BROW. HE FELT SOMETHING ON HIS EYELASH, AND WHEN HE WIPED HIS LASHES, HE FELT SOMETHING IN HIS EYE.
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