# MACHINERY
> MSHA accident `220220530044` · 02/09/2022 · Ash Grove Cement Company
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** MACHINERY
- **Accident type:** Struck by... NEC
- **Occupation:** Maintenance man, Mechanic,  Repair/Serviceman, Boilermaker, Fueler, Tire tech, Field service tech
- **Activity:** Inspect equipment or mine
- **Injury source:** KILN PROD,INC BLDUP,REMOV
- **Nature of injury:** SCRATCH,ABRASION,SUPERFCL
- **Body part:** EYE(S) OPTIC NERVE/VISON
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 3.02 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** CRH PLC
- **Operator:** Ash Grove Cement Company
- **Mine:** [2500002](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/2500002)
## Narrative

The employee was performing inspection functions of the job around the clinker cooler when cooler dust exited from a pinhole in the cooler sidewall. The dust got behind EE's safety glasses and into the left eye. The employee was treated for an abrasion to the left cornea and prescribed preventative antibiotic drops. No vision loss or permanent damage occurred from this incident. 

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