# MACHINERY
> MSHA accident `220180600007` · 02/15/2018 · Mercer-Fraser Company
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** MACHINERY
- **Accident type:** Struck by flying object
- **Occupation:** Rotary bucket excavator operator
- **Activity:** Power shovel, Dragline
- **Injury source:** BROKEN ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
- **Nature of injury:** OTHER INJURY,NEC
- **Body part:** EYE(S) OPTIC NERVE/VISON
- **Days lost:** 342
- **Mine experience:** 7 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Ted E  Contri; Ted E  Contri
- **Operator:** Mercer-Fraser Company
- **Mine:** [0405742](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/0405742)
## Narrative

A rock slipped from the excavator bucket onto another rock, sending a fractured piece of rock flying into the cab of the excavator.  Fractured piece of rock struck the employee in the right eye area causing a ruptured right eye.

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