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HANDLING OF MATERIALS

220112130051 · 07/19/2011 · Joseph Kuperavage Coal Company

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type
Struck by... NEC
Occupation
Welder (shop)
Activity
Machine maintenance
Injury source
LOOSE DIRT AND MUD
Nature of injury
DUST IN EYES
Body part
EYE(S) OPTIC NERVE/VISON
Days lost
1
Mine experience
12.87 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Joseph Kuperavage; Robert Kuperavage
Operator
Joseph Kuperavage Coal Company
Mine
3605518

Narrative

EE was removing a tooth from a dragline bucket when a clump of dirt dislodged from the tooth socket and struck him in the face. Despite wearing goggles, a piece of dirt or rust apparently got in his eye causing irritation. EE decided to report the injury on 7/25/11 and lost 1 day of work after a foreign body was removed from his eye by a doctor on 7/25/11.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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