# Mine accident
> MSHA accident `220040050048` · 12/24/2003 · Carmeuse Lime Inc
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** —
- **Accident type:** No Value Found
- **Occupation:** —
- **Activity:** —
- **Injury source:** —
- **Nature of injury:** —
- **Body part:** —
- **Days lost:** 12
- **Mine experience:** 4.08 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Carmeuse Holding SA
- **Operator:** Carmeuse Lime Inc
- **Mine:** [3300013](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/3300013)
## Narrative

The employee was on top of a railcar, grabbing a lime sample with a 5 gallon bucket.  The employee lost his balance and fell through the access door of the railcar.  The employee fell approximately 3 feet onto the top of the lime in the railcar.  The employee breathed in the lime dust and received chemical burns in his esophagus.

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