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August 6, 2019 NY · Metal/Non-Metal master mechanic, foreman, supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Smith's Heavy Equipment, Inc. · Struck by flying object

8/6 Employee was repairing machine. EE was fine until they got home and felt a lot of pain in right eye. EE thinks a piece of dirt went into the eye. 8/8 they went to Urgent Care. They found something small in the eye. They scraped it and gave EE eyedrops. 8/18 eye was red and vision is fuzzy.

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