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MACHINERY

220131370019 · 05/08/2013 · Trapper Mining Inc

Details

Degree of injury
NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification
MACHINERY
Accident type
Struck by falling object
Occupation
Welder (shop)
Activity
Machine maintenance
Injury source
PULVERIZED MINERAL (DUST)
Nature of injury
DUST IN EYES
Body part
EYE(S) OPTIC NERVE/VISON
Days lost
0
Mine experience
7.81 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Salt River Project; MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company; Tri-State Gener
Operator
Trapper Mining Inc
Mine
0502838

Narrative

Employee was cleaning a weld on the lip of an excavator bucket with an air chipper when a piece of debris made contact with his eye. He was treated by an optometrist who removed the foreign body and applied antibiotics.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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