# OTHER
> MSHA accident `220050900022` · 03/22/2005 · SMR Aggregates Inc
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
- **Classification:** OTHER
- **Accident type:** Struck by flying object
- **Occupation:** Bulldozer operator, Universal operator, Heavy equipment operator, Operating engineer
- **Activity:** Getting on or off equipment
- **Injury source:** PULVERIZED MINERAL (DUST)
- **Nature of injury:** CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
- **Body part:** EYE(S) OPTIC NERVE/VISON
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 4 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Schroeder-Manatee Ranch Inc
- **Operator:** SMR Aggregates Inc
- **Mine:** [0800877](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/0800877)
## Narrative

EE HAD STEPPED OUT OF FRONT END LOADER TO REPOSITION PILE STAKE WHEN A FOREIGN BODY ENTERED INTO LEFT EYE. AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT THE AREA WAS DRY AND WIND CONDITIONS WERE GUSTY, CREATING A VERY DUSTY ENVIRONMENT, THE FOREIGN BODY CAUSED ABRASIONS TO THE CORNEA AS A RESULT, THE FOREIGN BODY WAS REMOVED BY AN OPTHAMOLOGIST

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