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May 25, 1998 UT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER

Moab Salt Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS WORKING IN THE FIELD AREA. A GUST OF WINDBLEW SAND AND SALT INTO HIS FACE. HE KEPT WORKING AND WENT ON SCHEDULED DAYS OFF. WHEN HE RETURNED TO WORK, HE REPORTED THE INCIDENT AND THAT HI S RIGHT EYE WAS INFECTED FROM THE SAND/SALT IN IT. HE WENT TO THE DR ON MAY 29, 1998 AND RECEIVED ANTIBIOTICS FOR THE INFECTION.

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