# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220081550035` · 05/12/2008 · Martin Marietta Materials Inc.
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **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:** AXE,HAMMER,SLEDGE
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** NOSE/NASAL PASSAGES/SINUS/SMELL
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 1.02 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Martin Marietta Materials Inc
- **Operator:** Martin Marietta Materials Inc.
- **Mine:** [2100033](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/2100033)
## Narrative

Injured employee was helping change urathane screens when a coworker pounding wedges lost his grip on a hammer. The hammer struck the injured employee in the nose causing a nose bleed and immediate swelling. A follow up appointment with an Ear, Nose and Throat Specialist on 5/27/2008 determined as the swelling went down that there was a hairline fracture to the tip of his nose.

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