# MACHINERY
> MSHA accident `220212360006` · 08/13/2021 · Roanoke Cement Co., LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** MACHINERY
- **Accident type:** Struck by flying object
- **Occupation:** Machinist
- **Activity:** Grinding
- **Injury source:** METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- **Nature of injury:** SCRATCH,ABRASION,SUPERFCL
- **Body part:** EYE(S) OPTIC NERVE/VISON
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 0.02 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Titan Cement International S A
- **Operator:** Roanoke Cement Co., LLC
- **Mine:** [4400068](https://api.morvs.ai/mine/4400068)
## Narrative

Contractor with Metal Surgery (E230) was grinding a weld on a girth gear, when a metal shaving flew up underneath the employee's face shield and safety glasses and got in their eye.  The employee sustained a scratch to their cornea.

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