# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220110070038` · 12/30/2010 · Cordero Mining LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Struck by... NEC
- **Occupation:** Pumper
- **Activity:** Move non-self-propelled equip
- **Injury source:** JACKS-MECH,HYDRL,AIR,ETC
- **Nature of injury:** CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
- **Body part:** EAR(S) EXTERNAL
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 9.54 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Cloud Peak Energy Resources LLC
- **Operator:** Cordero Mining LLC
- **Mine:** [4800992](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4800992)
## Narrative

Employee carried a floor jack to a concrete apron outside a utility shed to jack up a pickup. When he reached the pickup, he dropped the jack appoximately 1 1/2 feet to the ground. The jack handle sprung upward striking the employee's left ear. The blow caused a laceration that required sutures to close.

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