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HANDLING OF MATERIALS

220130180011 · 01/16/2013 · Lehigh Southwest Cement Company

Details

Degree of injury
NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type
Struck by... NEC
Occupation
Laborer, Blacksmith, Bull gang, Parts runner, Roustabout, Pick-up man, Pitman
Activity
Handling supplies or material
Injury source
PULVERIZED MINERAL (DUST)
Nature of injury
DUST IN EYES
Body part
EYE(S) OPTIC NERVE/VISON
Days lost
0
Mine experience
0.6 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Heidelberg Materials AG
Operator
Lehigh Southwest Cement Company
Mine
0400034

Narrative

While the EE was setting up a ladder to assist a fellow employee who was working on a level above, he looked up and the other employee brushed some dust free that fell onto his safety glasses. When he moved his head, a piece of dust made it past the edge of the safety glasses and into his left eye. The clinic then issued the EE prescription eye drops as a precautionary measure.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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