# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220110750030` · 03/03/2011 · Armstrong Coal Company, Inc.
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Struck by... NEC
- **Occupation:** Bull gang foreman, Labor foreman, Leadman, Section foreman, Shift boss
- **Activity:** Handling supplies or material
- **Injury source:** METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- **Nature of injury:** AMPUTATION OR ENUCLEATION
- **Body part:** EYE(S) OPTIC NERVE/VISON
- **Days lost:** 117
- **Mine experience:** 0.31 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Armstrong Energy Inc
- **Operator:** Armstrong Coal Company, Inc.
- **Mine:** [1519535](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/1519535)
## Narrative

There was no witness to the accident, ee was struck in the face by the metal concrete pipe   to pour concrete on the slope floor. Were cleaning out the excess concrete in the pipe at the time of the accident which includes inserting 2 foam balls into the top and blowing them down the pipe. When the pressure relapsed it appears to have kicked back.

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