EE DID NOT REPORT UNTIL DEC. 6TH THAT HE CONSIDERED THE 11/16/00 INCIDENT TO BE WORK RELATED. ON 11/16/00 THE EE REPORTED FEELING SOMETHING IN HIS EYE AND COULD NOT WASH IT OUT AND COULD NOT R ECALL ANY SPECIFIC TIME WHEN SOMETHING WENT IN THE EYE. THE OBJECT APPEARED TO BE A WHITE ROUND OBJECT ON THE EDGE OF THE EYELID. ON 12/7/00 EE SOMETHING ENTERED HIS EYE WALKING PAST COOLER.