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HOISTING
220020530067 · 02/10/2002 · Stillwater Mining Company
Details
Degree of injury DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification HOISTING
Accident type Struck by flying object
Occupation Miner, NEC
Activity Caging, Operate elevator
Injury source PULVERIZED MINERAL (DUST)
Nature of injury CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part EYE(S) OPTIC NERVE/VISON
Days lost 2
Mine experience 1.01 years
Operator
Controller (parent) Stillwater Mining Company
Operator Stillwater Mining Company
Mine 2401490
Narrative A FOREIGN OBJECT BECAME EMBEDDED IN THE EMPLOYEE'S LEFT EYE AS HE WAS ASCENDING IN THE HOIST. EYE PROTECTION WAS BEING WORN. THE REMOVAL OF THEOBJECT WAS CONSIDERED ""COMPLICATED"".
Source
Authoritative MSHA Open Government Data
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