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June 29, 2017 SD · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER

Myrl & Roys Paving Inc · Struck by flying object

Employee was doing yard clean-up when the wind blew something into the left eye. Foreign object removed next day at clinic.

March 7, 2005 SD · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER

Myrl & Roys Paving Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

IT WAS VERY WINDY ON 3/7/05 AND THE EMPLOYEE HAD WORKED OUTSIDE ALL DAY. THAT NIGHT HIS EYES STARTED HURTING, SO HE WENT TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM. THE DOCTOR SAID THAT BOTH OF HIS CORNEAS WERE SCRATCHED, POSSIBLY FROM SAND.

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