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HANDLING OF MATERIALS

220110450011 · 01/30/2011 · Solvay Chemicals, Inc

Details

Degree of injury
NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type
Struck by flying object
Occupation
Ledgeman/hand, Quarry man
Activity
Handling supplies or material
Injury source
PULVERIZED MINERAL (DUST)
Nature of injury
SCRATCH,ABRASION,SUPERFCL
Body part
EYE(S) OPTIC NERVE/VISON
Days lost
0
Mine experience
5.29 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Solvay S A
Operator
Solvay Chemicals, Inc
Mine
4801295

Narrative

An employee was in the process of donning his respirator when trona fragments entered his right eye. He was taken to the ER and referred to an opthamologist on 1/31/11 who determined he had a slight infection and a scratch to the cornea.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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