# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220042610003` · 09/12/2004 · Mississippi Lignite Mining Company
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Struck by... NEC
- **Occupation:** Outside foreman, Leadman
- **Activity:** Handling supplies or material
- **Injury source:** PLANTS,TREES,VEGETATION
- **Nature of injury:** SCRATCH,ABRASION,SUPERFCL
- **Body part:** EYE(S) OPTIC NERVE/VISON
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 3.23 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** NACCO Industries Inc
- **Operator:** Mississippi Lignite Mining Company
- **Mine:** [2200690](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/2200690)
## Narrative

Ee was attempting to remove sticks from the upstream side of a culvert. He was pulling on a partially burned stick approximately 3 inches in diameter and 4 feet long.  He had both hands around the top of the stick and was pulling toward his face when the top portion of the stick broke off.  As a result, the stick and debris hit him in the face and left eye.

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