# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220012110044` · 07/24/2001 · Mettiki Coal LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Struck by... NEC
- **Occupation:** Longwall operator, Chock operator, Shear operator, Plow operator
- **Activity:** Longwall, Shear, Plow
- **Injury source:** BROKEN ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
- **Nature of injury:** SCRATCH,ABRASION,SUPERFCL
- **Body part:** EYE(S) OPTIC NERVE/VISON
- **Days lost:** —
- **Mine experience:** 19.25 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Alliance Resource Partners LP
- **Operator:** Mettiki Coal LLC
- **Mine:** [1800621](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/1800621)
## Narrative

PERSON WAS TRAMMING SHEAR LOADING COAL ONT HE LONGWALL FACE. PERSON WAS STANDING AHEAD OF DRUM AND REMOVED FACE. PERSON WAS STANDING AHEAD OF DRUM AND REMOVED HIS GLASSES TO CLEAN THEM. WHILE HIS GLASSES WERE OF A SMALL PIECE OF DIRT OR ROCK STRUCK HIM IN LEFT EYE. PERSON HAD EYE CHECKED AND A ANTIBIOTIC OINTMENT WAS PUT IN EYE.

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