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POWERED HAULAGE

220203210010 · 11/05/2020 · Amrize Mid-America Inc.

Details

Degree of injury
NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification
POWERED HAULAGE
Accident type
Struck by flying object
Occupation
Bulldozer operator, Universal operator, Heavy equipment operator, Operating engineer
Activity
Front-end loader
Injury source
METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury
DUST IN EYES
Body part
EYE(S) OPTIC NERVE/VISON
Days lost
0
Mine experience
6 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Holcim Ltd
Operator
Amrize Mid-America Inc.
Mine
1103230

Narrative

Employee was operating front end loader with windows closed when employee felt something in eye. The employee was unable to flush the foreign body out and went to a specialist. The foreign body was a piece of metal and was able to be removed through irrigation (it was not embedded). Employee was given prescriptive eye drops and returned to work full duty.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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