# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220030730012` · 03/10/2003 · Tilcon Connecticut Inc
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Struck by falling object
- **Occupation:** Front-end loader, Scraper-loader operator, Pan operator, Payloader, Scraper rig operator
- **Activity:** Handling supplies or material
- **Injury source:** BELT CONVEYORS
- **Nature of injury:** CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
- **Body part:** LEG, NEC
- **Days lost:** 1
- **Mine experience:** 5.23 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** CRH PLC
- **Operator:** Tilcon Connecticut Inc
- **Mine:** [0600015](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/0600015)
## Narrative

EMPLOYEES WERE IN THE PROCESS OF DISMANTLING CONVEYER. THE EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF CUTTING A PIECE OF ANGLE IRON WHEN THE CONVEYER DROPPED ABOUT 6-12 INCHES STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE IN THE LEG ABOVE THE KNEE RESULTING IN A LACERATIONNEEDING MULTIPLE STITCHES.

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