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220103630008 · 12/21/2010 · Lhoist North America of Tennessee, Inc.

Details

Degree of injury
NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification
OTHER
Accident type
Struck by flying object
Occupation
Warehouseman, Bagger, Palletizer/Stacker, Store keeper, Packager, Fabricator, Cleaning plant operator
Activity
Handling supplies or material
Injury source
PULVERIZED MINERAL (DUST)
Nature of injury
DUST IN EYES
Body part
EYE(S) OPTIC NERVE/VISON
Days lost
0
Mine experience
32 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Lhoist Group
Operator
Lhoist North America of Tennessee, Inc.
Mine
0900810

Narrative

Employee was dumping empty bags into an outside trash dumper when the wind blew some residue from the bags into his face. He got some material in his left eye. He flushed the eye and when he returned to work the next morning it was red and irritated. He was carried to a walk-in clinic where a doctor examined his eye.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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