# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220041420042` · 12/11/2003 · Hibbing Taconite Company
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Struck by falling object
- **Occupation:** Electrician, Lineman
- **Activity:** Electrical maintenance
- **Injury source:** PULVERIZED MINERAL (DUST)
- **Nature of injury:** SCRATCH,ABRASION,SUPERFCL
- **Body part:** EYE(S) OPTIC NERVE/VISON
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 15.65 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Mittal-US Steel Canada-Cliffs Natural Resources
- **Operator:** Hibbing Taconite Company
- **Mine:** [2101600](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/2101600)
## Narrative

EMPLOYEE WAS REPAIRING A SMOKE DETECTOR HEAD ON THE RECLAIM FIRE SYSTEM WHEN HE GOT DUST IN HIS RIGHT EYE. HE WENT TO A DOCTOR THE NEXT DAY (SCRATCHED CORNEA DIAGNOSED - APPLIED NUMBING SOLUTION). EYE CONTINUED BOTHERING HIM. HE WENT BACK TO CLINIC ON 4/23/04 AND WAS GIVEN ANTIBIOTIC.

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