# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220002550061` · 07/18/2000 · Elmhurst-Chicago Stone
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Struck by falling object
- **Occupation:** Front-end loader, Scraper-loader operator, Pan operator, Payloader, Scraper rig operator
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **Injury source:** METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- **Nature of injury:** CRUSHING
- **Body part:** TOE(S)/PHALANGES
- **Days lost:** 20
- **Mine experience:** 0.76 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Charles  Hammersmith Jr
- **Operator:** Elmhurst-Chicago Stone
- **Mine:** [1101102](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/1101102)
## Narrative

WHILE WORKING WITH A CAT MAINTENANCE PERSON TO CHANGE TEETH ON THE BUCKET OF THE LOADER, HE DROPPED A TOOTH OF THE BUCKET ON HIS FOOT. HE WAS WEARING STEEL TOED SAFETY BOOTS AT THE TIME OF THI S INCIDENT.

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