# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220030020023` · 12/29/2002 · Holliday Sand & Gravel Company
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Caught in, under or between NEC
- **Occupation:** Barge/Boat/Dredge/Towbarge/Towboat/Leach operator, Riverman, Deck hand
- **Activity:** Idle
- **Injury source:** BROKEN ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** MOUTH/LIP/TEETH/TONGUE/THROAT/TASTE
- **Days lost:** 2
- **Mine experience:** — years
## Operator
- **Controller:** List & Clark Construction Company
- **Operator:** Holliday Sand & Gravel Company
- **Mine:** [2302035](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/2302035)
## Narrative

EE REACHED UNDER A PIECE OF FOIL ON A PLATE AND PICKED UP WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS FOOD AND IT WAS A ROCK. HE BIT DOWN AND BROKE HIS DENTURE A TOOTH OUT OF HIS DENTURE AND DAMAGED TWO LOWER TEETH. APPARENTLY SOME OF THE MEN TOOK HIM A PLATE OF ROCKS AS A JOKE FOR HIS CHRISTMAS DINNER.

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