EE WAS PUTTING UP A 48"" STRAP AND AS HE LIFTED IT OVER HIS HEAD, A PIECE OF METAL FELL OFF OF THE STRAP AND INTO HIS LEFT EYE. THE PIECE OF METAL WAS EXTREMELY SMALL. EE FLUSHED HIS EYE HIMSEL F FOR SEVERAL DAYS BUT IRRITATION KEPT GETTING WORSE. EE WENT TO E.R. ON 4/17/03 & HAD OBJECT REMOVED.