# MACHINERY
> MSHA accident `220002760108` · 09/23/2000 · Florida Rock Industries Inc
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** MACHINERY
- **Accident type:** Struck by flying object
- **Occupation:** Drill helper
- **Activity:** Grinding
- **Injury source:** ABRAS STONE,WHEEL GRINDER
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** SKULL
- **Days lost:** 27
- **Mine experience:** 0.17 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Florida Rock Industries Inc
- **Operator:** Florida Rock Industries Inc
- **Mine:** [0900015](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/0900015)
## Narrative

EE WAS USING A CLECO HAND HELD GRINDER W/6"" GRINDING WHEEL TO SHARPEN A BIT. THE GRINDING WHEEL CAME APART AND A PIECE OF IT WENT BETWEEN THE TOP OF HIS SAFETY GLASSES AND THE LOWER RIM OF HIS HARD HAT STRIKING HIM JUST ABOVE LEFT EYE. HE HAD A LACERATION & WAS TAKEN BY PRIVATE VEHICLE TO MED-CENTER NORTH MACON. FURTHER EXAM REVEALED A FRACTURE OF SKULL. TRANSPORTED FOR SURGERY.

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