THE WELDER WAS DOING SOME OVERHEAD WELDING ON THE ARCH OF THE DRAGLINE BUCKET. HE SAID HE WASNT SURE HOS OR WHEN IT HAPPENED, FUT A SLAG CHIP OR A PIECE OF STEEL MUST HAVE GONE BETWEEN HIS HA RD HAT AND HIS WELDING SHIELD INTO HIS EYE. LATER THAT EVENING HE WENT TO THE HOSPITAL AND HAD THE FOREIGN BODY REMOVED AND HAD TOA GET A PRESCRIPTION FOR EYE DROPS.
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Shade Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
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