# HOISTING
> MSHA accident `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:** Stillwater Mining Company
- **Operator:** Stillwater Mining Company
- **Mine:** [2401490](https://api.ai-analytics.org/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"".

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