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1983–2026
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September 12, 1993 VA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver OTHER
Motivation Coal Company · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING LADDER TO ENTER HAULER WHEN DUST BLEW INTO HIS EYE. EMPLOYEE DID NOT WANT TO GO TO DOCTOR AT THAT TIME. ON 9/13/93 EMPLOYEE STATED HIS EYE WAS STILL HURTING & HE WAS TAKE N ATO THE DOCTOR. A SMALL GRAIN OF SAN WAS IN THE CORNEA & WAS REMOVED WITH A NEEDLE.

June 1, 1992 VA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator OTHER
Motivation Coal Company · Unclassified, insufficient data

EMPLOYEE CALLED HIS FOREMAN ON 6-2-92 AND STATED THAT SOMETHING HAD ENTERED HIS EYE SOMETIME DURING HIS SHIFT AND 6-1-92 AND NEEDED TO SEE A DOCTOR. EMPLOYEE DID NOT REPORT THE INCIDENT ON 6-1 -92 AND DID NOT KNOW AT WHAT TIME HIS EYE BECAME IRRITATED. EMPLOYEE WAS GIVEN EYE DROPS AND RELEASED FOR WORK.

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