The employee had a piece of slag enter EE's ear while cutting metal in a screen waste chute. Originally it was treated with drops, but later it was determined to need surgery (7/21/2022).
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Jeffrey Sand Company · Contact with hot objects or substances
October 5, 2011
AR · Metal/Non-Metal
barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand
MACHINERY
Jeffrey Sand Company · Flash burns (welding)
Helping a welder and burnt my eyes. I did not report this injury to my employer until 10/11/2011.
May 22, 2001
AR · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
MACHINERY
Jeffrey Sand Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
NORMAL WORKING CONDITIONS. EMPLOYEE WAS USING A TORCH TO BURN A BOLT OFF OF THE SHAKEY. PAINT CHIP FLEW INTO LEFT EYE. SAFETY GLASSED WERE BEING WORN BY EMPLOYEE.
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