# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220051400036` · 04/01/2005 · White Buck Coal Company
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Struck by... NEC
- **Occupation:** Roof bolter, Rock bolter,  Pinner, Mobile roof support operator (MRS)
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **Injury source:** METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- **Nature of injury:** CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
- **Body part:** EYE(S) OPTIC NERVE/VISON
- **Days lost:** 49
- **Mine experience:** 2.5 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Massey Energy Company
- **Operator:** White Buck Coal Company
- **Mine:** [4608365](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4608365)
## Narrative

Injured was helping a co-worker remove a piece of stuck drill steel from the bolter drill pot when a piece of metal struck him in the eye.

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