# MACHINERY
> MSHA accident `220023570090` · 12/16/2002 · Wendling Quarries Inc.
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** MACHINERY
- **Accident type:** Struck by flying object
- **Occupation:** Scalper-screen operator
- **Activity:** Grinding
- **Injury source:** METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- **Nature of injury:** CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
- **Body part:** EYE(S) OPTIC NERVE/VISON
- **Days lost:** —
- **Mine experience:** 7 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Manaco Corporation
- **Operator:** Wendling Quarries Inc.
- **Mine:** [1302075](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/1302075)
## Narrative

EE WAS WORKING IN SHOP DOING GENERAL REPAIR TO INCLUDE CUTTING AND GRINDING. EE IS NOT CERTAIN WHEN THE INJURY OCCURRED. EE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES. EE THOUGHT OBJECT CAME OUT OF EYE BY IR RIGATION. A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER WAS TAKEN TO OPTOMETRIST, UPON EXAM, A PIECE OF STEEL IMBEDDED IN HIS RIGHT EYE, WAS SUPERFICIALLY IMBEDDED, SPUD WAS USED TO REMOVE OBJECT WITHOUT COMLICATION

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