# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220031690005` · 06/13/2003 · Westmoreland Rosebud Mining LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Struck by flying object
- **Occupation:** Backhoe operator, Trackhoe operator, Crane operator
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **Injury source:** PULVERIZED MINERAL (DUST)
- **Nature of injury:** CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
- **Body part:** ARM, MULTIPLE PARTS
- **Days lost:** —
- **Mine experience:** 28 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Westmoreland Coal Company
- **Operator:** Westmoreland Rosebud Mining LLC
- **Mine:** [2401747](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/2401747)
## Narrative

WHILE PERFORMING MAINTENANCE ON AN AIRLINE, A SUDDEN AND UNEXPECTED RELEASE OF AIR OCCURRED. FOREIGN MATERIAL WAS IMBEDDED IN THE EE'S LEFT HAND AND LOWER ARM. FIRST AID WAS ADMISTERED, AND TH E EE WAS TAKEN TO THE COLSTRIP MEDICAL CLINIC WHERE THE AFFECTED AREA WAS CLEANED AND A TETANUS SHOT WAS GIVEN. HE WAS RELEASED AND RETURNED TO WORK WITH NO RESTRICTIONS. NO TIME LOST.

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