Employee was drilling hole in a piece of metal (angle iron) to mount Unistrut. Drill bit broke and went under safety glasses injuring eye.
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Injured worker was using 1' impact to remove cutting edge hardware (bolts). Worker reached around to push bolt back into place and accidentally engaged the impact causing laceration to palm of right hand.