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HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

220070330025 · 01/29/2007 · Stillwater Mining Company

Details

Degree of injury
NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Accident type
Struck by... NEC
Occupation
Driller operator
Activity
Hand tools (not powered)
Injury source
HAND TOOLS,NONPOWERED,NEC
Nature of injury
SCRATCH,ABRASION,SUPERFCL
Body part
EYE(S) OPTIC NERVE/VISON
Days lost
0
Mine experience
8.33 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Stillwater Mining Company
Operator
Stillwater Mining Company
Mine
2401490

Narrative

Employee was prying on a broken coupler part with a screw driver. The screw driver slipped and traveled upward under his safety glasses. He received a corneal abrasion. The injury is reportable for prescription salve applied to the eye at the doctor's office.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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