# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220110420015` · 02/02/2011 · Luminant Mining Company LLC 
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Struck by... NEC
- **Occupation:** Bulldozer operator, Universal operator, Heavy equipment operator, Operating engineer
- **Activity:** Handling supplies or material
- **Injury source:** APPAREL,NEC
- **Nature of injury:** CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
- **Body part:** NOSE/NASAL PASSAGES/SINUS/SMELL
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 6.62 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Energy Future Holdings Corporation
- **Operator:** Luminant Mining Company LLC 
- **Mine:** [4103660](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4103660)
## Narrative

An older T-post snapped in the frozen ground as the employee attempted to remove it from the ground by hand. As the post snapped, it struck the employee's safety glasses causing a laceration to the nose. The weather, frozen ground, and age of the T-post were a contributing factors in this incident.

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