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HANDLING OF MATERIALS

220103500001 · 12/10/2010 · Rio Tinto Kennecott Copper

Details

Degree of injury
NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type
Struck by falling object
Occupation
Welder (shop)
Activity
Set or remove brattice
Injury source
PULVERIZED MINERAL (DUST)
Nature of injury
SCRATCH,ABRASION,SUPERFCL
Body part
EYE(S) OPTIC NERVE/VISON
Days lost
0
Mine experience
1 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Rio Tinto Group
Operator
Rio Tinto Kennecott Copper
Mine
4201996

Narrative

The employee was raising Weld curtains when debris fell into the right eye; they immediately flushed the eye out; they went over to the Guard shack where EMT personnel are staged and they also flushed the eye; the employee was then taken to the nearest Medical facility; they gave him an antibiotic eye drop solution to prevent infection and released him back to Regular duty.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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