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June 12, 2009 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Tuffco Sand & Gravel Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

Cutting with torch and sparks popped back at me and went under my glasses and in my left eye.

March 19, 2009 OH · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Tuffco Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Cutting with torch-a small fragment of rust popped under safety glasses and struck me in eye-went to emergency room-they could not see it. They send me to opthamologist-she could not find anything-said it must have come out.

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