# MACHINERY
> MSHA accident `220210470006` · 02/09/2021 · Delta Sand & Gravel Company
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** MACHINERY
- **Accident type:** Struck by flying object
- **Occupation:** Belt foreman, Maintenance foreman, Maintenance supervisor
- **Activity:** Grinding
- **Injury source:** METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- **Nature of injury:** DUST IN EYES
- **Body part:** EYE(S) OPTIC NERVE/VISON
- **Days lost:** 1
- **Mine experience:** 5.19 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Paula J  Babb
- **Operator:** Delta Sand & Gravel Company
- **Mine:** [3500481](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/3500481)
## Narrative

While wearing Bouton Optical Clear safety glasses, grinding 3/4"" thick piece of steel, secured in a vise, on a workbench, with a 4 1/2 inch Makita corded grinder, a small piece of steel ricochet behind EE's safety glasses and went into EE's right eye.

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