# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220011450063` · 05/08/2001 · Little Buck Coal Company
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Struck by falling object
- **Occupation:** Section foreman, Bullgang foreman, Labor foreman, Leadman, Shift boss
- **Activity:** Hand load, Hand shoveling
- **Injury source:** CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
- **Nature of injury:** SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
- **Body part:** LEG, NEC
- **Days lost:** 64
- **Mine experience:** 6 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Ronald  Bender; Edmund C  Neidlinger
- **Operator:** Little Buck Coal Company
- **Mine:** [3608568](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/3608568)
## Narrative

EE SET THREE PCS TIMBE IN CHUTE. THEN FIRED COAL SET IN GANGWAY FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES. THEN WENT UP CHUTE TO PUSH COAL DOWN CHUT. WHEN A ROCK ABOUT 3' X 2' FELL AT TOP OF CHUTE ONTO SHEET IRON AND CAME DOWN TO BOTTOM OF CHUTE AND HIT EE ON LEGS. SUFFERED TWO BROKEN LEGS.

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