# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220192310011` · 08/06/2019 · Smith's Heavy Equipment, Inc.
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Struck by flying object
- **Occupation:** Master mechanic, Foreman, Supervisor
- **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:** 1.37 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Rachel  Smith
- **Operator:** Smith's Heavy Equipment, Inc.
- **Mine:** [3003988](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/3003988)
## Narrative

8/6 Employee was repairing machine. EE was fine until they got home and felt a lot of pain in right eye. EE thinks a piece of dirt went into the eye. 8/8 they went to Urgent Care. They found something small in the eye. They scraped it and gave EE eyedrops. 8/18 eye was red and vision is fuzzy.

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