IT IS ALLEGED WHEN THE EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING ON THE U-TUBES, HE FELT SOMETHING ENTER HIS LEFT EYEIT WAS VERY WINDY AND WHILE WELDING, PARTICLES FROM THE U-TUBE WERE BLOWING BAKC INTO EMPLOYEE'S FACE. HIS LEFT EYE DID NOT BECOME IRRITATED UNTIL APPROX. 2:30PM AND BECAME WORSE AS THE NIGHT PROGRESSED. ON 9-13-01 HE COULD NOT OPEN HIS EYE