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EE WAS LOADING HOLES WHEN DUST AND DIRT FROM THE LOADING AREAS BLEW INTO HIS EYE. HE WAS THEN TAKEN TO DR OFFICE WHERE THE DUST PARTICLE WAS REMOVED. HE WAS GIVEN A PRESCRIPTION FOR 5ML TOBRA DEX OPTHAMALIC SOLUTION.
EE WAS WALKING ACROSS THE COAL YARD WHEN A STRONG BREEZE CAME ACROSS THE YARD WHICH STIRRED UP THE DUST. APPARENTLY SOME OF THE DUST LODGED IN EE S LEFT EYE. HE WAS TAKEN TO A SPECIALIST ON 8- 29-97 WHERE THE FOREIGN OBJECT WAS REMOVED. TWO PRESCRIPTIONS WERE ISSUED.
EE WAS OPERATING A 988B LOADER IN THE COAL YARD.AT 6:20A, HE CAME INTO THE PREP PLANT OFFICE & INFORMED FOREMAN THAT HE WAS EXPERIENCING CHEST PAINS & HE WAS SHORT OF BREATH. ASKED IF HE NEEDE D TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL, HE SAID HE WANTED TO SIT DOWN & WAIT A MINUTE. IN LESS THAN A MINUTE HIS LEFT ARM WAS FEELING NUMB. HE WAS IMMEDIATELY PUT INTO A PU, HOSPITAL CALLED, ONCE THERE, TO
EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A 777 CAT END DUMP, HE BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE CHEST PAINS. CONTACTED THE FOREMAN TO GO GET HIS NYTROGLYCERIN PILLS FROM HIS TRUCK. HE PROCEDED TO EXIT FROM HIS TRUCK TO THE G ROUND. FELLOW WORKERS THEN ADMINISTERED FIRST AID. HE WAS TRANSPORTED BY AMBULANCE TO HOSPITAL. EMPLOYEE HAS BEEN UNDER A DOCTOR'S CARE FOR A HEART CONDITION FOR THE LAST 8-10 YEARS.