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WHILE CUTTING RUSTY METAL WITH ACETYLENE TORCH, A METAL FLAKE POPPED INTO RIGHT EYE STICKING ON CORNEA. FLAKE REMOVED. CORNEAL ABRAISION. NO PERMENT DAMAMGE. EE WAS WEARING EYE PROTECTION. EYE DROPS ONLY TREATMENT PLUS REMOVAL OF FOREIGN BADOY.
EMPLOYEE HAD RUST FLY INTO EYE WHILE USING AIR IMPACT WRENCH.LEFT EYE WAS IRRIATED AND CORNEA ABRASION FROM EMBEDDED RSUT.RUST REMOVED AND NO PERMANENT DAMAGE-RX EYE DROPS WERE USED.
WHILE GRINDING SHARPENING ROOLEBITS WITH SAFETY GLASSES ON A SPEC OF METAL GOT INTO LEFT EYE HAD TO BE REMOVED NO PERMANENT DAMAGE
EMPLOYEE USED CUTTOFF SAW 7-2-92 WAS NOT WEARING EYE PROTECTION. THAT EMBEDDED RIGHT EYE REMOVED CORENEAL ABRASION. NO PERMENENT IMPAIRMENT.
EMPLOYEE WAS IN A SEMI PRONE POSITION CUTTING METAL WITH TORCH WITH GOGGLES ON WHEN A SMALL PIECE OF SLAG GOT INTO LEFT EYE. HOT PIECE OF METAL WAS REMOVED FROM EYELID. DIAGNOSIS WAS CORNEA L ABRASION (SCRATCH). PROGOSIS IS COMPLETE RECOVERY WITH NO IMPAIRMENT. PAIN KILLER AND EYEDROPS (RX) WERE ADMISNSTERED.
EMPLOYEE CLAIMS THAT WHILE SHARPENING <GRINDING| ROCK DRILL BITS WITH ADEQUATE SAFETY GLASSES ON A PIECE OF STEEL GOT INTO HIS RT EYE CONTINUAL IRRITATION CAUSED HIM TO REPORT IT STEEL REMOVED & FOLLOWED UP WITH 2 EXAMS & ANTIBIOTIC TREATMENTS CORNEAL ABRASION OF RT EYE-NO IMPAIRMENT
EMPL WAS GRINDING IN A SEMIPRONE POSITION WITH A FACE SHIELD ON A VERY SMALL SLIVER OF METAL GOT NTO HIS L EYE CAUSING IRRITATION METAL WAS REMOVED PATCH AND EYE DROPS GIVEN THER WAS NO PERMAN ENT IMPAIRMENT DONE
EMPLOYEE CLAIMS THAT WHILE ARE WELDING OUTSIDE, THE SUN REFLECTED FROM THE REAR INTO THE INSIDE OF HIS WELDING BONNET WHICH OVER A PERIOD OF TIME CAUSED A FLASH BURN OF BOTH EYES.