EMPLOYEE WALKED OUTSIDE TO TAKE TRASH OUT. THE WIND WAS BLOWING VERY HARD & BLEW SOMETHING IN HER EYE. SHE WAS WEARING HER SAFETY GLASSES & HARD HAT.
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Showing all 6INJURED WAS SURVEYING WHEN A DUST(AIRBORNE) PARTICLE LODGED IN HIS RIGHT EYE CAUSING IRRITATION AND RED COLOR OVER A 3-4 DAY PERIOD.INJURED WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES AT THE TIME OF THE INJURY .HE VISITED DR IN GABBS TO CHECK THE INJURY.HE SUGGESTED TO EYE WASH TO ELIMINATE THE IRRITATION.
WALKING NOTICED SOMETHING IN L EYE
WHILE WALKING NEAR GIRZZLEY A WHIRLWIND CAME UP BLOWING A SPEC OF DUST INTO HIS EYE. HIS EYE WAS FLUSHED BY A PHSYICIAN AND WAS GIVEN PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION TO HELP HEAL HIS SCRATCHED RIGHT E YE.
REBUILDING CRUSHER IN SECONDARY CRUSHER CRANE BAY GUST OF WIND BLEW PARTICLE IN R EYE
WHILE WALKING DOWN A SMOOTH TILED CORRIDOR I NAME MADE A RT TURN TO ENTER A ROOM WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK I NAME DID NOT SLIP OR TRIP NOR WAS HE CARRYING ANYTHING HE HAD NOT DONE ANY HEAVY LIFTING