# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220162850037` · 09/30/2016 · Tilcon Connecticut Inc
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Struck by flying object
- **Occupation:** Utility man, Shift tech, Service/Dump truck operator
- **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:** 0.29 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** CRH PLC
- **Operator:** Tilcon Connecticut Inc
- **Mine:** [0600013](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/0600013)
## Narrative

Employee was changing a M1 gear. It was raining and employee's safety glasses fogged up multiple times. Employee hung glasses on shirt and tapped the gear in place and felt something in eye.

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