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HANDLING OF MATERIALS

220010510161 · 02/14/2001 · Mountain Cement Company LLC

Details

Degree of injury
NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type
Struck by... NEC
Occupation
Mine manager, Mine foreman, Mine owner
Activity
Enter/work in bins, Silos
Injury source
PULVERIZED MINERAL (DUST)
Nature of injury
DUST IN EYES
Body part
EYE(S) OPTIC NERVE/VISON
Days lost
—
Mine experience
3.46 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Eagle Materials Inc
Operator
Mountain Cement Company LLC
Mine
4800007

Narrative

EE WAS EXAMINING AN AREA OF THE PLANT THAT HAD BEEN IDENTIFIED AS AN AREA THAT CONTAINS LARGE VOLUMES OF DUST. EE WAS WEARING GOGGLES OVER HIS GLASSES TO KEEP DUST OUT OF HIS EYES, BUT A PARTI CLE OF DUST MANAGED TO GET INSIDE OF THE GOGGLES AND BECAME EMBEDDE IN HIS LEFT EYE. EE ATTEMPTED TO WASH PARTICLE OUT OF HIS EYE BUT WAS UNABLE TO CLEAR EYE. OPTICIAN REMOVED PARTICLE, MEDIC

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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