A Patient Who Works in a Furniture Manufacturing Shop Reports

A patient who works in a furniture manufacturing shop reports a sudden onset of severe eye pain while sanding a piece of wood and now has copious tearing, redness, and light sensitivity in the affected eye. On examination, the conjunctiva appears injected, but no foreign body is visualized. What is the practitioner's next step?

A) Administration of antibiotic eye drops
B) Application of topical fluorescein dye
C) Instillation of cycloplegic eye drops
D) Irrigation of the eye with normal saline