# MACHINERY
> MSHA accident `220262460001` · 08/29/2026 · Frontier Coal Company
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** MACHINERY
- **Accident type:** Struck by flying object
- **Occupation:** Bull gang foreman, Labor foreman, Leadman, Section foreman, Shift boss
- **Activity:** Grinding
- **Injury source:** METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- **Nature of injury:** OTHER INJURY,NEC
- **Body part:** EYE(S) OPTIC NERVE/VISON
- **Days lost:** 9
- **Mine experience:** 0.69 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** James C  Justice III
- **Operator:** Frontier Coal Company
- **Mine:** [4609474](https://api.morvs.ai/mine/4609474)
## Narrative

Employee was cutting T-3 channel when a small piece of metal shavings broke loose and entered underneath EE's safety glasses, striking the employee in the right eye.

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