# MACHINERY
> MSHA accident `220261760008` · 06/18/2026 · Wharf Resources (USA) Inc
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** MACHINERY
- **Accident type:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Occupation:** Laborer, Blacksmith, Bull gang, Parts runner, Roustabout, Pick-up man, Pitman
- **Activity:** Welding or cutting
- **Injury source:** MOLTEN METAL
- **Nature of injury:** BURN OR SCALD (HEAT)
- **Body part:** EYE(S) OPTIC NERVE/VISON
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 8.38 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Coeur Mining, Inc.
- **Operator:** Wharf Resources (USA) Inc
- **Mine:** [3901282](https://api.morvs.ai/mine/3901282)
## Narrative

The employee was welding a wear plate inside the bed of a haul truck. After completing a weld, the employee chipped off slag and was visually inspecting the weld when a hot piece of slag rebounded and struck the employee in the eye, resulting in an eye injury that required medical evaluation

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