# MACHINERY
> MSHA accident `220080430011` · 02/06/2008 · Attapulgite Mining Inc
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** MACHINERY
- **Accident type:** Struck by flying object
- **Occupation:** Belt foreman, Maintenance foreman, Maintenance supervisor
- **Activity:** Grinding
- **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:** 5.29 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** General Chemical Industrial Products Inc
- **Operator:** Attapulgite Mining Inc
- **Mine:** [0900150](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/0900150)
## Narrative

Maintenance employee had been using a 4.5-inch hand grinder for 30 minutes on a bull gear in the shop when a metallic sliver ricocheted inside the face shield, around his safety glasses and imbedded in his left eye.  The sliver was removed by an optometrist and the employee returned to work during the same shift without restriction.

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