# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220061860008` · 06/29/2006 · Martin Marietta Aggregates
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Struck against stationary object
- **Occupation:** Assayer, Geologist, Metallurgist, Engineer, Engineer management
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **Injury source:** METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- **Nature of injury:** CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
- **Body part:** HAND (NOT WRIST OR FINGERS)
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 12 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Martin Marietta Materials Inc
- **Operator:** Martin Marietta Aggregates
- **Mine:** [2100081](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/2100081)
## Narrative

Employee was taping a hole in a steel plate when the tap broke. The employee suffered a laceration to his right hand when he contacted the broken stub of the tap still in the hole in the plate. This wound required multiple stitches to close. Employee was not wearing gloves at the time of his injury.

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