# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220012820112` · 09/24/2001 · Lafarge Building Materials Incorporated
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Struck by... NEC
- **Occupation:** Electrician, Lineman
- **Activity:** Electrical maintenance
- **Injury source:** PULVERIZED MINERAL (DUST)
- **Nature of injury:** DUST IN EYES
- **Body part:** EYE(S) OPTIC NERVE/VISON
- **Days lost:** —
- **Mine experience:** 28 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Lafarge S A
- **Operator:** Lafarge Building Materials Incorporated
- **Mine:** [0100629](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/0100629)
## Narrative

EMPLOYEE SAID THAT HE GOT DUST IN HIS EYE. HE DID NOT REPORT THIS TO HIS SUPERVISOR UNTIL THE NEXT DAY. HIS EYE SHOWED SIGNS OF IRRITATION. HE WAS SENT TO THE DOCTOR WHERE HE WAS DIAGNOSED WIT H CONJUNCTIVITUS AND GIVEN A PRESCRIPTION FOR EYE DROPS.

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