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HANDLING OF MATERIALS

220120790049 · 03/11/2012 · Stillwater Mining Company

Details

Degree of injury
NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type
Struck by falling object
Occupation
Assayer, Geologist, Metallurgist, Engineer, Engineer management
Activity
Machine maintenance
Injury source
LOOSE DIRT AND MUD
Nature of injury
DUST IN EYES
Body part
EYE(S) OPTIC NERVE/VISON
Days lost
0
Mine experience
1.19 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Stillwater Mining Company
Operator
Stillwater Mining Company
Mine
2401490

Narrative

The face & back had just been washed. The employee was in marking up the face & looked up when a clump of mud fell & hit the brim of hardhat & splashed into safety glasses, some getting into her left eye. She wiped the mud off her glasses & out of her eye. All felt great. The next morning her eye became irritated & painful. Went to doctor. RX issued. Full release. No days missed.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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