# OTHER
> MSHA accident `220000660144` · 02/26/2000 · Texas Lehigh Cement Company LP
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** OTHER
- **Accident type:** Struck by flying object
- **Occupation:** Laborer, Blacksmith, Bull gang, Parts runner, Roustabout, Pick-up man, Pitman
- **Activity:** Handling supplies or material
- **Injury source:** PULVERIZED MINERAL (DUST)
- **Nature of injury:** DUST IN EYES
- **Body part:** EYE(S) OPTIC NERVE/VISON
- **Days lost:** —
- **Mine experience:** 0.57 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Eagle Materials Inc & Heidelberger Zement Ag
- **Operator:** Texas Lehigh Cement Company LP
- **Mine:** [4102781](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4102781)
## Narrative

THE EE WAS PERFORMING HIS NORMAL DUTIES AS A PREHEAT TOWER LABORER ON THE 2ND FLOOR OF THE PREHEAT TOWER. A GUSTING WIND BLEW A PARTICLE OF DUST INTO HIS LEFT EYE. FLUSHING THE EYE OUT BROUGHT NO RELLER, SO HE WENT TO THE NEARBY HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ROOM. THEY ALSO FLUSHED OUT HIS EYE AND WERE ABLE TO GET THE PARTICLE OUT.

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*Source: [MSHA Open Government Data](https://arlweb.msha.gov/OpenGovernmentData/) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*