# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220111020038` · 03/28/2011 · Lyman-Richey Sand & Gravel Company
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Struck by falling object
- **Occupation:** Front-end loader, Scraper-loader operator, Pan operator, Payloader, Scraper rig operator
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **Injury source:** DRUM,PULY,SHEAVE-NT CONVY
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** ANKLE
- **Days lost:** 162
- **Mine experience:** 3.38 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Ash Grove Cement Company
- **Operator:** Lyman-Richey Sand & Gravel Company
- **Mine:** [2501238](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/2501238)
## Narrative

EE stepped down onto the rubber dredge hose which was 2 feet lower than steel platform, when a 500 lb steel sheave & block slipped off a steel platform & struck his left ankle with a glancing blow, causing a deep abrasion & fracture. The abrasion required 3 layers of stitches.

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