# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220072600071` · 09/08/2007 · Granite Rock Company
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Struck by... NEC
- **Occupation:** Front-end loader, Scraper-loader operator, Pan operator, Payloader, Scraper rig operator
- **Activity:** Handling supplies or material
- **Injury source:** METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- **Nature of injury:** CONTUSN,BRUISE,INTAC SKIN
- **Body part:** FACE,NEC
- **Days lost:** 11
- **Mine experience:** 0.54 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Bruce W  Woolpert
- **Operator:** Granite Rock Company
- **Mine:** [0401782](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/0401782)
## Narrative

While unloading a 30 foot length of pipe, the end of the pipe toward the front of the vehicle slipped. The rear of the pipe ""whipped"" around, striking employee in the jaw and face.

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