# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220013020133` · 10/19/2001 · Granite Rock Co
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Struck by falling object
- **Occupation:** Shopman repair cars, Mechanic
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **Injury source:** BROKEN ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
- **Nature of injury:** SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
- **Body part:** KNEE/PATELLA
- **Days lost:** —
- **Mine experience:** 24.78 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Bruce W  Woolpert
- **Operator:** Granite Rock Co
- **Mine:** [0400119](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/0400119)
## Narrative

BELT ABOVE HIM MOVED AND DUMPED ROCK INTO SCREEN WHERE HE WAS LOCATED. HE TRIED TO MOVE OUT BUT FOOT WAS STUCK AND HE WRENCHED HIS RIGHT KNEE WHILE TRYING TO GET OUT OF THE WAY AND WHEN WORKERS TRIED TO PULL HIM OUT, HAD TO DIG HIM OUT TO GET HIM FREE.

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