# MACHINERY
> MSHA accident `220240860004` · 03/18/2024 · Roanoke Cement Co., LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
- **Classification:** MACHINERY
- **Accident type:** Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
- **Occupation:** Utility man, Shift tech, Service/Dump truck operator
- **Activity:** Blow gun, Airlance
- **Injury source:** PULVERIZED MINERAL (DUST)
- **Nature of injury:** BURN,CHEMICL-FUME,COMPOUN
- **Body part:** EYE(S) OPTIC NERVE/VISON
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 9.44 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Titan Cement International S A
- **Operator:** Roanoke Cement Co., LLC
- **Mine:** [4400068](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4400068)
## Narrative

An employee was trying to clear a lump of hardened material from above the silo rotary feeder. They used an air lance through a port to get the material to start flowing. The silo became pressurized with the use of the air lance and cement came out of the port and blew into the employee's eye. The employee received a chemical burn to their eye.

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