# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220191010017` · 04/05/2019 · Ash Grove Cement Company
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Struck by falling object
- **Occupation:** Maintenance man, Mechanic,  Repair/Serviceman, Boilermaker, Fueler, Tire tech, Field service tech
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **Injury source:** PULVERIZED MINERAL (DUST)
- **Nature of injury:** DUST IN EYES
- **Body part:** EYE(S) OPTIC NERVE/VISON
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 24.56 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** CRH PLC
- **Operator:** Ash Grove Cement Company
- **Mine:** [2400015](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/2400015)
## Narrative

EE was removing a piece of angle iron from an elevated position when some dust dropped from above getting into right eye, the employee flushed the eye and believed the object was removed.  Upon waking the next morning the employee had irritation in eye, ee was taken to urgent care where a piece of dirt was removed and an antibiotic prescribed.

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