# MACHINERY
> MSHA accident `220042930010` · 10/08/2004 · Cemex Inc
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** MACHINERY
- **Accident type:** Struck by flying object
- **Occupation:** Maintenance man, Mechanic,  Repair/Serviceman, Boilermaker, Fueler, Tire tech, Field service tech
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **Injury source:** PULVERIZED MINERAL (DUST)
- **Nature of injury:** MULTIPLE INJURIES
- **Body part:** EYE(S) OPTIC NERVE/VISON
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 34.33 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Cemex S A
- **Operator:** Cemex Inc
- **Mine:** [4000840](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4000840)
## Narrative

An employee was using a grinder with a wire brush to get silicone off the edge of airslide in the Maintenance Shop and the injured ee was helping him.  As injured ee turned away, a foreign object was thrown from the grinder and struck him in the eye. He wears prescription safety glasses.

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