October 23, 1991
AR · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
OTHER
Rhone-Poulenc Basic Chemicals Company · Struck by flying object
EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING ANOTHER EMPLOYEE IN THE PLACING OF A SUPER SACK ONTO FORKS OF FORKLIFT.A GUST OF WIND BLEW DUST PARTICLE INTO EMPLOYEES EYE EVEN THOUGH EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASS ES WITH SIDE SHIELDS.THE EYE WAS IRRIGATED FOR 30 MINUTES WITH NO SUCCESS AND EMPLOYEE WAS THEN TAKEN TO THE FAMILY CLINIC WHERE PARTICLE WAS REMOVED WITH COTTON SWAB.