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EE REPORTED THAT WHILE INSTALLING A TEMPORARY ELECTRICAL POWER CABLE THE WIND BLEW DIRT INTO HIS RIGHT EYE. HE TRIED TO WASH IT OUT WHEN HE GOT HOME. WAS UNABLE TO DO SO. SO WENT TO AN EYE DR THE DR REMOVED THE DIRT USING A Q TIP. THEN GAVEHIM A BOTTLE OF ANTIBOTIC DROPS TO USE FOR TWO DAYS.
EE REPORTED THAT ON 8-6-93 WHILE WALKING UP A RAMP HE HEARD A POPPING SOUND AND FELT PAIN IN HIS ACHILLES TENDON, BUT CONTINUED DOING HIS REGULAR JOB. ON8-11-93 HE SAW A DOCTOR & WAS DIAGNOSED AS HAVING A TORN AND PARTIALLY DETACHED TENDON.
EMPLOYEE REPORTED HIS EYE WAS HURTING AND THOUGHT HE MAY HAVE RECEIVED AN ARC FLASHBURN. HOWEVER WHEN EXAMINED BY A DOCTOR THERE WAS FOREIGN MATERIAL IN EYE. EMPLOYEE HAD NO IDEA HOW FOREIGN M ATERIAL GOT IN EYE AND MAY HAVE BEEN THERE FOR DAYS.
EMPLOYEE STATED DURING WINDY/DUSTY WEATHER CONDITIONS, A METAL PARTICLE WAS LODGED IN HIS RIGHT EYE. ACCIDENT REPORTED BECAUSE OF PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION.