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HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

220051720023 · 06/16/2005 · American Sandstone

Details

Degree of injury
NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Accident type
Struck by flying object
Occupation
Stone finishing and sizing personnel, Stone/Rock cut/Polish/Saw operator, Splitter, Cutter, Trimmer
Activity
Hand tools (not powered)
Injury source
BROKEN ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury
OTHER INJURY,NEC
Body part
EYE(S) OPTIC NERVE/VISON
Days lost
0
Mine experience
2.02 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Blaser Aquisition Corporation
Operator
American Sandstone
Mine
0202708

Narrative

EMPLOYEE WAS SPLITTING A PIECE OF STONE WITH A 4 LB HAMMER AND STONE CHISEL WHEN HE WAS STRUCK IN THE RIGHT EYE BY A STONE FRAGMENT WHICH ENTERED OVER THE TOP EDGE OF GLASSES. HE ADMITTED HIS SAFETY GLASSES HAD SLID DOWN HIS NOSE DUE TO PERSPIRATION, EXPOSING HIS EYES TO INJURY. DR DIAGNOSIS: TRAUMATIC CONJUNCTIVITIS, PERSCRIPTION MEDICATION GIVEN

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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