# MACHINERY
> MSHA accident `220090750038` · 02/27/2009 · Alex Energy, LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** MACHINERY
- **Accident type:** Struck by flying object
- **Occupation:** Electrician, Lineman
- **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:** 4 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Massey Energy Company
- **Operator:** Alex Energy, LLC
- **Mine:** [4606870](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4606870)
## Narrative

On 2-27-09, employee had been performing work on an Add Car which included grinding a piece of brass. He felt something in his left eye a short time after completing the grinding. First aid was administered and flushing his eye was unsuccessful. He was transported to Summersville Memorial Hospital where he was treated (foreign material removed from left eye) and released.

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