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MACHINERY

220111800033 · 06/21/2011 · Hooker Creek Companies, LLC

Details

Degree of injury
NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification
MACHINERY
Accident type
Struck by flying object
Occupation
Outside foreman, Leadman
Activity
Grinding
Injury source
PULVERIZED MINERAL (DUST)
Nature of injury
DUST IN EYES
Body part
EYE(S) OPTIC NERVE/VISON
Days lost
0
Mine experience
0.38 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Howard M Day
Operator
Hooker Creek Companies, LLC
Mine
3502491

Narrative

Person was using a hand-held grinder in the shop on Tuesday. He was using eye protection. There was no immediate thought that he had received a foreign body, but the next day the eye became irritated. On Thursday he was seen by a doctor who removed a foreign body from the eye. There has been no on-going treatment needed and no lasting effects to the eye.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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