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THE EE WAS IN THE VICINITY OF ANOTHER EE WHO WAS WELDING & THE REFLECTION FROM THE WELDING PROCESS IRRITATED HIS EYES.
EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING ON CRANE WHEN A PIECE OF WELDING SLAG FLEW INTO HIS LEFT EYE EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES & WELDING HELMET PIECE STILL GOT UNDER HIS GLASSES TO HIS EYE
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A POWER WASHER TO WASH A LOADER. DURING THE WEEK-END HIS EYE BECAME VERY IRRITATED. ON MONDAY (7/2/90) HIS EYE WAS RED AND IRRITATED AND HE DECIDED TO SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION .
EE WAS GRINDING ON A PIECE OF METAL ON THE GRAVEL PLANT. FIND DUST PARTICLES OF METAL GOT UNDER HIS SAFETY GLASSES AND EMBEDDED IN ONE EYE. THE DUST IRRITATED HIS EYE AND THAT EVENING WHILE RU BBING THE EYE. HE SCRATCHED HIS EYEBALL. TWELVE HOURS LATER HE WENT TO THE DUKES MEMORIAL HOSP EMERGENCY RM IN PERU. IND. THEY ADVISED HIM TO SEE A SPCEICALIST WITHIN 12 HOURS IF NOT BETTER.