CLEANING EQUIPMENT WITH HIGH PRESSURE AIR WHEN FOREIGN OBJECT BLEW INTO HIS EYE.
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Showing all 5GILL WAS ENLARGING A BOLT HOLE WITH A CHIPPING HAMMER, A CHIP OF THE CHIPPING HAMMER FLEW UP HITTING JAMES ON THE BACK OF THE HAND.
2 MEN WERE CLEANING INSIDE A ROD MILL SHELL. RICHARD\S GOGGLES FOGGED UP. RICHARD RAISED HIS GOGGLES TO REMOVE MOISTURE FROM THE INSIDE SOMETHING FROM THE OTHER MAN\S CHIPPING GOT INTO RICHARD \S EYE.
REMOVING DEBRIS FROM H BEAM WHEN WIRE CAME OFF GRINDING BRUSH AND LODGED IN LEFT FOREARM.
HE WAS GRINDING A PIECE OF METAL FOR AN AUGER SCREW AND A SLIVER OF METAL FLEW INTO HIS RIGHT EYE