# FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
> MSHA accident `220151410036` · 05/18/2015 · Applied Minerals, Inc.
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
- **Accident type:** Struck by falling object
- **Occupation:** Miner, NEC
- **Activity:** Handling explosives
- **Injury source:** CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
- **Nature of injury:** SCRATCH,ABRASION,SUPERFCL
- **Body part:** EYE(S) OPTIC NERVE/VISON
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 4.15 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Andre  Zeitoun
- **Operator:** Applied Minerals, Inc.
- **Mine:** [4202383](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4202383)
## Narrative

EMPLOYEE WAS TYING IN A ROUND OF DYNAMITE. WAS LOOKING UP AND SMALL ROCKS FELL FROM THE CEILING INTO HIS RT. EYE. THE ROCKS HAD PRELL ON THEM. THE EMPLOYEE HAD SMALL DEBRIS IN HIS EYE AND A SCRATCH, BURN ON THE EYEBALL. EXPERIENCED BLURRY VISION OUT OF THE RIGHT EYE.

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