EE WAS CHANGING OUT A ROTARY AIRLOCK VALVE WHEN HE USED HIS HAND TO WIPE AWAY SWEAT FROM HIS RIGHT EYE. AFTER DOING SO HE NOTICED HE HAD SOMETHING IN HIS EYE CAUSING SOME IRRITATION. HE COMPLE TED HIS SHIFT & TRIED TO REMOVE THE PARTICLE AT HOME UNSUCCESSFULLY. THE FOLLOWING MORINING AT WORK HE REQUESTED A PHYSICIAN TO HAVE IT REMOVED. AFTERWARD HE WAS RELEASED TO WORK.