# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220082200003` · 07/23/2008 · Hibbing Taconite Company
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Struck by... NEC
- **Occupation:** Welder (shop)
- **Activity:** Walking, Running
- **Injury source:** MOVEABLE LADDERS
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** MOUTH/LIP/TEETH/TONGUE/THROAT/TASTE
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 30 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Mittal-US Steel Canada-Cliffs Natural Resources
- **Operator:** Hibbing Taconite Company
- **Mine:** [2101600](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/2101600)
## Narrative

EE was removing a ladder from the weld truck.  When he picked up the ladder, he hit the ladder on the tool box and pushed it into his face and chipped his tooth. No witness to the incident and he reported to the supervisor that is was a dead tooth.

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