EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS USING TORCH WHEN HOT SLAG BURNED THROUGH TOP OF BOOT INTO FOOT. INITIALLYDIAGNOSED AS 1ST DEGREE BURN. BURN LATER WORSENED AND GOT INFECTED RESULTING IN MAN GETTING PRESCRIPTION MEDICINE. INFORMATION JUST RECENTLYTOLD TO SAFETY DEPT.
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Showing all 3EE CLAIMS TO HAVE FLASHBURN TO EYES FROM WELDING STATES HE USED WELDING SHIELD. WAS GIVEN PRESCRIPTION FOR EYE INFECTION.
EE STATES THAT HE WAS NEAR CYCLONE PUMP WHEN WATER AND FEED SPRAYED INTO HIS EYES CAUSING IRRITATION. DID NOT REPORT UNTIL NEXT DAY. WENT TO DR. 3 DAYS LATER, NO TREATMENT. WENT TO DR AGAIN ON 2-29-00 AND WAS GIVEN RX. LATER MISSED 2 DAYS.