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220122570035 · 09/12/2012 · Zeotech Corporation

Details

Degree of injury
DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification
OTHER
Accident type
Struck by flying object
Occupation
Warehouseman, Bagger, Palletizer/Stacker, Store keeper, Packager, Fabricator, Cleaning plant operator
Activity
Walking, Running
Injury source
PULVERIZED MINERAL (DUST)
Nature of injury
DUST IN EYES
Body part
EYE(S) OPTIC NERVE/VISON
Days lost
1
Mine experience
0.38 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
O Paul Leonard Jr
Operator
Zeotech Corporation
Mine
4103374

Narrative

The employee just finished loading a truck at the warehouse and went to another outside production site. She was wearing all her PPE when a gust of wind blew a particle behind her safety glasses into her eye. She went to the ER to have her eye checked, today, she has an appointment with an Ophthalmologist to have the foreign particle removed.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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