# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220083360006` · 11/21/2008 · Lafarge Aggregates Southeast Inc
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Struck by... NEC
- **Occupation:** Warehouseman, Bagger, Palletizer/Stacker, Store keeper, Packager, Fabricator, Cleaning plant operator
- **Activity:** Handling supplies or material
- **Injury source:** CHAIN,ROPE,CABLE-NT CONVY
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** NOSE/NASAL PASSAGES/SINUS/SMELL
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 1 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Lafarge S A
- **Operator:** Lafarge Aggregates Southeast Inc
- **Mine:** [1100123](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/1100123)
## Narrative

An employee was stripping a barge of the haul cables and the haul cable was caught on the outside of the timberhead causing tension. The employee went to release and the cable struck the employee in the nose/mouth causing a laceration and hair-line fracture to his nose. The employee was sent to the emergency room and conducted X-rays and an MRI.

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