WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA—
JE Richards
Injured by handheld object or equipment, unspecified · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
Final narrative
An employee was standing on an 8-foot ladder looking into a wall to receive a fish stick (an electrical tool) when the fish stick became jammed. When the fish stick became free, it went up under the employee's safety glasses and poked his left eye, requiring hospitalization.
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