# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220032090037` · 07/18/2003 · Pontchartrain Materials Corp
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Occupation:** Laborer, Blacksmith, Bull gang, Parts runner, Roustabout, Pick-up man, Pitman
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **Injury source:** METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- **Nature of injury:** BURN OR SCALD (HEAT)
- **Body part:** FOREARM/ULNAR/RADIUS
- **Days lost:** —
- **Mine experience:** 3.3 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** George  Douglass Jr
- **Operator:** Pontchartrain Materials Corp
- **Mine:** [1601186](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/1601186)
## Narrative

THE FLIGHT BROKE LOOSE IN THE DRYER AND GOT JAMMED. THE DRYER WAS SHUT DOWN AND EE ATTEMPTED TO UNJAM AND REMOVE THE BROKEN FLIGHT. IN THE PROCESS OF UNJAMMING THE FLIGHT, THE FLIGHT STRUCK BO TH FOREARMS, BURNING BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT FOREARM.

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