# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220071490005` · 05/24/2007 · Progress Coal 
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Struck by falling object
- **Occupation:** Maintenance man, Mechanic,  Repair/Serviceman, Boilermaker, Fueler, Tire tech, Field service tech
- **Activity:** Handling supplies or material
- **Injury source:** METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** TOE(S)/PHALANGES
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 0.54 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Massey Energy Company
- **Operator:** Progress Coal 
- **Mine:** [4608645](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4608645)
## Narrative

EE was cleaning out the bed of a service truck, when a piece of steel plate fell off the tailgate and landed on his left foot. The EE was wearing meta-tarsal boots, but they lacked sufficient coverage, resulting in a fractured left pinky toe. A contirbuting factor was that there was a power outage, due to lighting, that resulted in poor visibility.

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