EMPLOYEE WAS MIXING PORTLAND CEMENT. CEMENT ENTERED HIS BOOTS THROUGH HOLES WORN IN THE SIDE. THE CEMENT IRRITATED HIS FEET WHICH OVER TIME BECAME INFECTED. THE EMPLOYEE CONTINUED TO WEAR THE BOOTS WITH THE CEMENT STILL INSIDE OF HIS BOOTS FOR SEVERAL DAYS BEFORE NOTIFYING THE FOREMAN OFHIS INJURY.
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Showing all 7PIT TRUCK DRIVER DRIVING DOWN PIT ROAD IN 301 TDT EUCLID WHEN WIND BLEW SOME TYPE OF STICKER IN TO LEFT EYE, WHICH WAS FOUND AND REMOVED BY DR. ON 8-6-93 AND EYE DROPS PRESCRIBED FOR INFECTION NO IMPAIRMENT.
EMPLOYEE WALKED INTO TIME CARD ROOM, PUNCHED IN TURNED AROUND AND SAID HE JUST GOT SOMEHING IN HIS EYE.
EMPLOYEE WORK ON CONVEYOR BELT, PUTTING ON LACES. WIND WAS BLOWING. EMPLOYEE GOT PIECE OF RUST BLOWN INTO EYE.
DIRT BLEW INTO EMPLOYEES EYE
STUNG ON RT HAND BY WASP FROM NEST NEAR ELEC SWITCH CAUSING SWELLING OF RT THUMB AND FOREFINGER.
WASP HADBUILT NEST IN FILTER STORAGE AREA LEFT HAND RECEIVED SEVERAL STINGS THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN FIRST AID CASE EXCEPT THAT THIS EMPLOYEE WAS KNOWN TO HAVE ALLERGIC REACTION TO INSECT BITS AN D WAS TAKEN FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT.