# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220003110057` · 10/19/2000 · Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Struck by... NEC
- **Occupation:** Warehouseman, Bagger, Palletizer/Stacker, Store keeper, Packager, Fabricator, Cleaning plant operator
- **Activity:** Hand load, Hand shoveling
- **Injury source:** PULVERIZED MINERAL (DUST)
- **Nature of injury:** OTHER INJURY,NEC
- **Body part:** NOSE/NASAL PASSAGES/SINUS/SMELL
- **Days lost:** 12
- **Mine experience:** 10.86 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** James J  Curran Jr
- **Operator:** Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company
- **Mine:** [3601760](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/3601760)
## Narrative

WHEN EE WOULD BLOW HIS NOSE TO IMPROVE HIS BREATHING, HE NOTICED BLOOD COMING FROM BOTH NOSTRILS. (EE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL CARE UNTIL 10/25/00.)

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