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EMPL WAS IN MOJAVE CA LOADING CEMENT WIND WAS BLOWING & PARTICAL WENT IN EYE.
TURNED TO ENTER IN COMPUTER FELT DISCOMFORT IN BACK
SWEEPING WIND BLEW DUST PARTICLES IN R EYE. SCRIPT EYEDROPS BY DR NO LIMITATIONS
EE WAS SITTING AT HIS DESK IN THE YARDS AND ROADS DEPT. OFFICE LINING OUT THE DAYS ACTIVITIES WHEN HE NOTICED AN IRRITATION TO HIS RIGHT EYE AT APPROX. 715 AM HE RECEIVED PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL ATTENTION ON THE DAY AND WAS RELEASED BACK TO WORK WITH NO LOST TIME AND NO RESTRICTIONS BUT WAS GIVEN A PRESCRIPTION FOR AN RX MEDICATION.
20 EMPL UNROLLING 100' X 150' TARP TRYING TO SECURE IT OVER PILE OF SILICA.A GUST OF WIND GOT UNDERNEATH TARP AND CAUSED IT TO BILLOW UP,KNOCKING PEOPLE TO THE GROUND.THIS EMPL FELL AND LANDED ON KNEE.APPEARS TO BE SPRAINED. MY
THE EMPLOYEE SAID THAT HE NOTICED PAIN AND REDNESS IN HIS RIGHT EYE THE NIGHT AFTER ARRIVING HOME. HE SAID HE DOES NOT KNOW WHERE EXACTLU WHEN THE ALLEGED INJURY OCCURRED BUT IT COULD NOT HAV E HAPPENED ANYWHERE BUT AT WORK.
EMPLOYEE WAS SITTING ON A DESKTOP AND TWISTED HIS BODY CLOCKWISE WHILE REACHING ACROSS HIS BODY WITH HIS LEFT HAND IN ORDER TO PICK UP A PENCIL
EMPLOYEE WAS ERECTING SCAFFOLDING IN KILN DEPT HE WAS STANDING APPROX 40 FT OFF BURNER FLOOR ON SCAFFOLDING SEVERE WINDS WERE BLOWING DUST AND DIRT GOGGLES WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE APPROPIATE EY E PROTECTION ACCIDENT OCCURRED ON 11-3-88 BUT WAS NOT REPORTED UNTIL 11-4-88 AT WHICH TIME HE WAS SENT TO A DR
WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS EMPTYING THE TRASH BARREL INTO THE DUMPSTER, A GUST OF WIND BLEW DUST INTO EYE.
EMPLOYEE SAIDE THAT HE HAS DEVELOPED FEELINGS OF EXTREME ANGER, AGITATION AND STRESS AND THAT EHSE FEELINGS HAVE BEEN BUILDING UP OVER THE PAST 2 YEARS. HE SAID THAT HE COULD NOT COPE WITH TH E CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE REGARDING HIS RECENT JOB CHANGE FROM KILN DEPARTMENT SUPERVISOR TO PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR.
EMPL WELDING IN3SQUATTING POSITION LEANED FORWARD AND FELT PAIN IN LEFT BIG TOE.
EMPLOYEE WAS SITTING AT HIS DESK SORTING PAPERS. A PAPER FELL TO THE FLOOR. FROM A SITTING POSITION HE BENT OVER TO PICK UP PAPER FROM THE FLOOR. WHEN HE TRIED TO STRAIGHTEN UP, HE COULD NOT. IT TOOK HIMA LITTLE WHILE TO STRAIGHTEN UP.
IT WAS VERY WINDY ON THURSDAY OCTOBER 25 &DUST WAS BEING WHIPPED AROUND BY THE WIND EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING OUT OF D4 MILL BLDG THRU THE BUILDINGS SOUTH MAIN DOOR WHEN THE WIND WHIPPED UP DUST AN D INTO THE EMPLOYEES RT EYE