# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220171500034` · 05/24/2017 · Thiele Kaolin Company
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Struck by... NEC
- **Occupation:** Electrician, Lineman
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **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:** 26.31 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** J Eric  Tillirson
- **Operator:** Thiele Kaolin Company
- **Mine:** [0900901](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/0900901)
## Narrative

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING CLEAN A HEAT EXCHANGER IN PROCESS BUILDING WHEN A FOREIGN BODY GOT IN EE'S RIGHT EYE.  UPON MEDICAL TREATMENT IT WAS FOUND TO BE A SMALL PIECE OF METAL. IT WAS REMOVED AND EE WAS GIVEN A PRESCRIPTION OF NEOMYCIN.

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