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EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING AND DIDN'T REALIZE HE HAD GOTTEN SOMETHING IN HIS EYE. HE THOUGHT IT WAS FLASH BURN UNTIL HE WENT TO THE DR. AND HAD A FOREIGN OBJECT REMOVED FROM HIS EYE. AN EYE PATCH AN D EYE DROPS WERE PRESCRIBED.
EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING ON HAMMERS AT CRUSHER.HE TOOK HIS WELDING HELMET OFF TO EAT HIS DINNER.A PIECE OF HOT SLAG POPPED OFF ONE OF THE HAMMERS THAT HAD JUST BEEN WELDED AND LANDED IN HIS LEFT E YE.
EMPLOYEE WAS US3NG A CHIPPING HAMMER TO BEAT SLAG OFF HAMMERS IN HAMMERMILL A PIECE OF CHIPPING HAMMER CHIPPED OFF & BECAME IMBEDDED IN HIS RT.ARM ABOVE THE ELBOW