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INJURED WASPERFORMING GENERAL CLEAN-UP N THE COOLER AREA. AS ROLL-UPD OOR WS BEING OPENED TO ALLOW FOR BOBCAT ACCESS, GUSTING WIND BLEW DUST INTO HIS EYE (WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES).
THE INDIVIDUAL HAD APPARENTLY PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK THE NIGHT BEFORE ON HIS PREVIOUS SHIFT.
REOCCURANCE OF OLD INJURY.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING IN THE PLANT LAB.THE SINK HAD CLOGGED AND WATER HAD SPLASHED ON THE FLOOR.THE EMPLOYEE ALLEGED THAT HE SLIPPED ON THE WET FLOOR AS HE WALKED PAST THE SINK AND THAT HE GRAB BED THE SINK TO KEEP FROM FALLING.JERKING HIS BACK AS HE DID SO.HE DID NOT REPORT THE INCIDENT FOR 2 DAYS.DOCTOR THEN DIAAGNOSED PULLED BACK MUSCLE ON 08-12-91.HE SUBSEQUENTLY HAS DEVELOPED P
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING OUTSIDE OF MACHINE SHOP ALONG DRIVEWAY PREPARING TO REPAIR A DSM SCREEN. WIND WAS BLOWING HARD AND APPARENTLY SOME FOREIGN MATERIAL FROM THE DRIVEWAY BLEW INTO HIS RIGHT EYE. HE WAS TAKEN TO A PHYSICIAN WHO REMOVED A FOREIGN BODY FROM HIS RIGHT EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING INTO POSTION TO TACK NUTS ONTO BOLTS IN SCREW DRIVE OF 3 HOPPER OF ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATOR. IN DO PONT, HE SQUATTED DOWN TO GO UNDER HOPPER SCREW AND FLET HIS KNEE POP.
ENROUTE TO JO B SITE AT RAW MILL A(D ASS SHE WALKED THRU THE MILL BLDG., NEAR THE FREIGHT ELEVATOR SOMETHING BLEW OR FELL INTO R. EYE. WASHED OUT BUT IN IT ASPPAR. SCRATCHED SURFACE OF HER E YE.
EMPLOYEE HAD GONE INTO THE KILN TO INSPECT COATING WHEN HE WAS GOING TO REMOVW WITH THE BRICK PEELER. AS HE WAS WALKING OUT OF THE KILN, APPARTENLY SOME DUST FELL FROMTHE TOP OF THE KILN AND ENTERED HIS LET EYE BETWEEN HIS SAFTYEY GLASSES AND HIS FACE.