# OTHER
> MSHA accident `220230610012` · 02/15/2023 · Asarco LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** OTHER
- **Accident type:** Struck by flying object
- **Occupation:** Welder (non-shop)
- **Activity:** Handling supplies or material
- **Injury source:** PULVERIZED MINERAL (DUST)
- **Nature of injury:** DUST IN EYES
- **Body part:** EYE(S) OPTIC NERVE/VISON
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 0.52 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Grupo Mexico S A B de C V
- **Operator:** Asarco LLC
- **Mine:** [0200150](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/0200150)
## Narrative

Employee was cleaning up dust and debris on the transfer tower when a wind gust caught the material.  They felt material get into eyes and attempted to clean them out. They continued to feel irritation in right eye and reported it to supervision. Employee was treated by an ophthalmologist who cleaned material out of the eye and prescribed prophylactic antibiotic eye drops. 

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