# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220021090034` · 04/04/2002 · Lehigh Southwest Cement Company
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Struck by flying object
- **Occupation:** Greaser, Grease man, Oiler, Lube man, Dragline oiler
- **Activity:** Hang or reposition tubing
- **Injury source:** BROKEN ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
- **Nature of injury:** MULTIPLE INJURIES
- **Body part:** HEAD, MULTIPLE PARTS
- **Days lost:** —
- **Mine experience:** 24.05 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Heidelberg Materials AG
- **Operator:** Lehigh Southwest Cement Company
- **Mine:** [0400034](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/0400034)
## Narrative

FELLOW WORKER WAS CLEANING ROCKS OUT OF TRACK OF SHOVEL, INJURED EE WAS PARKED ON OPPOSITE OF SHOVEL UNREELING HOSE FROM LUBE TRUCK AND BACK INTO PATH OF THROWN ROCK, STRIKING HIM ON THE LEFT SIDE OF HEAD, CAUSING CONTUSION TO HEAD AND LACERATION TO EAR, WHICH REQUIRED STITCHES.

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