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WAS CHIPPING AT SLAG AFTER WELDING. PIECE GOT UNDERNEATH GLASSES & GOT IN EYE. DR. PUT A PATCH ON IT AND TOLD HIM HE COULD RETURN TO WORK.
BREAKING BOULDER WITH SLEDGE HAMMER CHIP BROKE OFF AND FLEW INTO EYE.
SAID HE WAS SHOVELING ORE INTO THE BUCKET AND TWISTED HIS BACK.
HE SAID HE FELL DOWN AND HIT HIS NOSE. HE REPORTED IT TO SUPERVISOR AND HE TOOK HIM TO TOWN TO GO TO DOCTOR BUT STOPPED BEFORE HE GOT TO TOWN. SAID HE WENT TO DR. 2 OR 3 DAYS LATER WHEN IT BL ED AGAIN. DR. SAID A VESSEL WAS BROKEN.
WORKER HAD JUST PREVIOUSLY HELPED INSTALL RIGID NIPPLE IN TANK, CROSS THREADED NIPPLE AND NIPPLE PULLED OUT LETTING PIPE GO, HITTING WORKER. WORKER WAS NEGLIGENT IN HIS CROSS THREADING THE NIP PLE.
REMOVING MACHINE FROM JACKLEG. MACHINE FELL AGAINST JACKLEG PINCHING RING FINGER OF LEFT HAND, CRACKING KNUCKLE.