# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220002020046` · 06/19/2000 · Stillwater Mining Company
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Struck by... NEC
- **Occupation:** Miner, NEC
- **Activity:** Change house, Bathing
- **Injury source:** METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- **Nature of injury:** SCRATCH,ABRASION,SUPERFCL
- **Body part:** EYE(S) OPTIC NERVE/VISON
- **Days lost:** —
- **Mine experience:** 0.46 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Stillwater Mining Company
- **Operator:** Stillwater Mining Company
- **Mine:** [2401490](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/2401490)
## Narrative

EE STATES WHILE CHANGING INTO DIGGERS AT THE START OF SHIFT, AN OBJECT GOT INTO MY LEFT. IT PREOGRESSIVELY BECAME AGITATED AS MY SHIFT CONTINUED. THE OBJECT (METAL SHAVING) PROBABLY FROM PREVI OUS SHIFT. I WAS GRINDING PON METAL WITH SAFETY GLASSES ON.

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