# MACHINERY
> MSHA accident `220051710070` · 05/21/2005 · Performance Coal Company
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** MACHINERY
- **Accident type:** Struck by... NEC
- **Occupation:** Bull gang foreman, Labor foreman, Leadman, Section foreman, Shift boss
- **Activity:** Welding or cutting
- **Injury source:** METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- **Nature of injury:** CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
- **Body part:** EYE(S) OPTIC NERVE/VISON
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 8 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Massey Energy Company
- **Operator:** Performance Coal Company
- **Mine:** [4608436](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4608436)
## Narrative

EE WAS WELDING ON BELT TAILPIECE AT HEADGATE 20, BRK. 56, WHEN HE FELT SOMETHING ENTER HIS LEFT EYE.  EE FLUSHED HIS EYE WITH WATER & CONTINUED HIS SHIFT.  EE LATER TRANSPORTED HIMSELF TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT HIS PUPIL WAS SCRATCHED & THEY REMOVED A PIECE OF METAL, POSSIBLY A RUST FLAKE.  PERFORMANCE SAFETY DEPT. WAS MADE AWARE OF THIS ACCIDENT ON 6/2/05.

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