# MACHINERY
> MSHA accident `220111020012` · 04/07/2011 · Hanson Material Service
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** MACHINERY
- **Accident type:** Struck by flying object
- **Occupation:** Crane operator, Mobile equipment operator (MEO), Dragline operator, Dropball operator, Rigger
- **Activity:** Welding or cutting
- **Injury source:** PULVERIZED MINERAL (DUST)
- **Nature of injury:** SCRATCH,ABRASION,SUPERFCL
- **Body part:** EYE(S) OPTIC NERVE/VISON
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 26 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Heidelberg Materials AG
- **Operator:** Hanson Material Service
- **Mine:** [1100189](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/1100189)
## Narrative

A Dragline Operator suffered a corneal abrasion to his left eye while cutting a keeper off the dragline bucket with a torch. As the injured started cutting with an oxygen/acetylene torch dirt or steel popped causing debris to enter his left eye behind his safety glasses.

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