# MACHINERY
> MSHA accident `220132680011` · 09/20/2013 · White Rock Quarries
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** MACHINERY
- **Accident type:** Struck by... NEC
- **Occupation:** Welder (shop)
- **Activity:** Welding or cutting
- **Injury source:** METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- **Nature of injury:** CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
- **Body part:** EYE(S) OPTIC NERVE/VISON
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 2 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Vecellio Group Inc
- **Operator:** White Rock Quarries
- **Mine:** [0800057](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/0800057)
## Narrative

A welder was working on the bucket of a dragline. It was a hot day so the welder decided to set up a blower motor aimed at him to cool off. While using the air chipping hammer a small flake of metal was blown under his welding hood and into his right eye by the fan. The employee was taken to workers comp where a doctor removed an embedded metal fragment from his eye.

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*Source: [MSHA Open Government Data](https://arlweb.msha.gov/OpenGovernmentData/) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*