# MACHINERY
> MSHA accident `220211400018` · 05/17/2021 · Heidelberg Materials Midwest Agg, Inc.
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** MACHINERY
- **Accident type:** Struck by falling object
- **Occupation:** Prep plant foreman, Supervisor, Mill plant supervisor, Kiln supervisor
- **Activity:** Welding or cutting
- **Injury source:** PULVERIZED MINERAL (DUST)
- **Nature of injury:** DUST IN EYES
- **Body part:** EYE(S) OPTIC NERVE/VISON
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 6.21 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Heidelberg Materials AG
- **Operator:** Heidelberg Materials Midwest Agg, Inc.
- **Mine:** [1102814](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/1102814)
## Narrative

A miner suffered an irritation to right eye while using an oxy/fuel gas torch. The injured miner was working overhead cutting steel and some debris dropped behind the miner's safety glasses. The miner was provided RX ophthalmic ointment to treat the irritation.

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