# POWERED HAULAGE
> MSHA accident `220021430006` · 05/12/2002 · U S Borax Inc
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** POWERED HAULAGE
- **Accident type:** Struck by flying object
- **Occupation:** Front-end loader, Scraper-loader operator, Pan operator, Payloader, Scraper rig operator
- **Activity:** Front-end loader
- **Injury source:** METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- **Nature of injury:** CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
- **Body part:** EYE(S) OPTIC NERVE/VISON
- **Days lost:** —
- **Mine experience:** 17.13 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Rio Tinto Group
- **Operator:** U S Borax Inc
- **Mine:** [0400743](https://api.morvs.ai/mine/0400743)
## Narrative

WHEN THE OPERATOR LEANED OVER TO TURN AIR CONDITIONING UNIT, DUST BLEW OUT OF THE VENT INTO HIS FACE, GETTING DUST PARTICLES IN HIS LT. EYE. EE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES AT THE TIME. EE WAS SENT TO E.R. WHERE METAL OBJECT WITH RUST RING WAS REMOVED FROM HIS LT. EYE AND OPTHALMIC MEDICATIONS WERE ORDERED.

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