# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220031840001` · 06/29/2003 · Cargill Fertilizer, LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Struck against stationary object
- **Occupation:** Backhoe operator, Trackhoe operator, Crane operator
- **Activity:** Power shovel, Dragline
- **Injury source:** STEEL RAIL (ALL KINDS)
- **Nature of injury:** CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
- **Body part:** HEAD,NEC
- **Days lost:** —
- **Mine experience:** 7.5 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Cargill Inc
- **Operator:** Cargill Fertilizer, LLC
- **Mine:** [0801183](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/0801183)
## Narrative

EE STRUCK HIS HEAD ON A PIECE OF ANGLE IRON WHICH WAS WELDED ON BOTTOM OF DRAGLINE HOUSING. BRACKET USED TO HOLD AN OLD TELEPHONE BOX FOR GROUND CAB COMMUNICATION, THAT HAD BEEN REMOVED. THE TWO ANGLE IRON BRACES WERE LEFT EXTENDING APPROX. 1'EACH. THIS IS AN AREA WHERE HARD HATS SHOULD ALWAYS BE WORN.

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