# POWERED HAULAGE
> MSHA accident `220000980032` · 03/24/2000 · Ash Grove Aggregates Inc
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
- **Classification:** POWERED HAULAGE
- **Accident type:** Struck by flying object
- **Occupation:** Weighman, Scale person
- **Activity:** Front-end loader
- **Injury source:** PULVERIZED MINERAL (DUST)
- **Nature of injury:** CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
- **Body part:** EYE(S) OPTIC NERVE/VISON
- **Days lost:** —
- **Mine experience:** 0.17 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Ash Grove Cement Company
- **Operator:** Ash Grove Aggregates Inc
- **Mine:** [2301928](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/2301928)
## Narrative

SALES ASSISTANT SCALEMAN, WAS LOADING CUSTOMERS'TRUCKS WITH THE LOADER AND ROCK PARTICLES EMBEDDED INTO HIS LEFT EYE (EMPLOYEE CLAIMS HE WAS WEARING HIS ASSIGNED SAFETY GLASSES) HE WAITED UNTI L MONDAY 03/27/00 TO GO TO THE DR. AND THEY REMOVED ROCK SLIVERS. HE WORE A PATCH AND MADE SALES TICKETS UNTIL HE WAS FULLY RELEASED ON 03/31/00, WITH NO PERMANENT DAMAGE.

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