# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220031070037` · 04/11/2003 · Meshberger Brothers Stone Corp
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Struck by rolling or sliding object
- **Occupation:** Laborer, Blacksmith, Bull gang, Parts runner, Roustabout, Pick-up man, Pitman
- **Activity:** Handling coal, Rock, Ore
- **Injury source:** BROKEN ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
- **Nature of injury:** SPRAIN,STRAIN RUPT DISC
- **Body part:** KNEE/PATELLA
- **Days lost:** 37
- **Mine experience:** 0.84 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Carolyn S  Fryback; Walter Craig  Coshow
- **Operator:** Meshberger Brothers Stone Corp
- **Mine:** [1200071](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/1200071)
## Narrative

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING MUD FROM LOADER BUCKET, WHEN A CHUNK OF MUD ROLLED OUT OF BUCKET AND HIT HIS LEFT KNEE. POSSIBLE STRAIN OR FRACTURE.

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