# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220111320001` · 05/06/2011 · KNOTT COUNTY COAL LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Struck by flying object
- **Occupation:** Shuttle car operator, Mantrip operator, Ramcar operator, Rail runner, Buggy operator
- **Activity:** Walking, Running
- **Injury source:** BROKEN ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
- **Nature of injury:** CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
- **Body part:** HEAD,NEC
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 3 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** International Coal Group Inc (ICG)
- **Operator:** KNOTT COUNTY COAL LLC
- **Mine:** [1518949](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/1518949)
## Narrative

EE was getting a cleanup car, when a rock came out of the conveyor chain of a continuous miner and struck him in the right jaw and behind the right ear. He was x-rayed and determined to have no fractures, but he did have a laceration that required 4 sutures.

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