ON 11/9/91 EMPLOYEE WENT TO EMERGENCY ROOM WITH SWOLLEN EYE AND BLURRED VISION. DR EXTRACTED A PIECE OF STEEL AND CLEANED EYE. EMPLOYEE DOES NOT KNOW EXACTLY WHEN OR WHERE ACCIDENT OCCURRED, B UT ASSUME IT HAPPENED LAST DAY OF WORK, 11/7/91, WHEN HE MAY HAVE RUBBED EYE WITH HIS GLOVE ON.
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Showing all 4WHILE PULLING WIRE,THE ROPE BROKE AND WRAPPED AROUND HEAD AREA.
UPON REENTERING CAB OF THE LOADER, OPERATOR REACHED TO CLOSE THE DOOR. WHILE REACHING FOR HANDLE, THE WIND CAUGHT THE DOOR BLOWING IT SHUT AND THE OPERATOR'S HAND SLIPPED, CATCHING HIS THUMB B ETWEEN THE BACK EDGE OF THE DOOR AND METAL PLATE, CUTTING HIS THUMB.
FOGGY OUTSIDE RAN INTO STOCKPILE WITH PICKUP TRUCK AND UPPER LIP HIT STEERING WHEEL, WHILE DRIVING FROM HIS WORK STATION TO CLOCK ROOM. THIS WAS THE END OF HIS SHIFT.