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HANDLING OF MATERIALS

220070890004 · 03/26/2007 · Patriot Mining Company LLC

Details

Degree of injury
ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID)
Classification
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type
Struck by flying object
Occupation
Front-end loader, Scraper-loader operator, Pan operator, Payloader, Scraper rig operator
Activity
Machine maintenance
Injury source
LOOSE DIRT AND MUD
Nature of injury
CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part
EYE(S) OPTIC NERVE/VISON
Days lost
0
Mine experience
26 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
International Coal Group Inc (ICG)
Operator
Patriot Mining Company LLC
Mine
4607555

Narrative

Employee was checking the oil on his Cat 980-F loader at the end of the work day. When he closed the access door a piece of dirt flew up and lodged underneath the eye lid. He worked the next day and went to hospital ER after work and had the foreign object removed. No lost time.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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