# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220112500032` · 08/31/2011 · The N. C.  Granite Corp
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Struck by falling object
- **Occupation:** Stone finishing and sizing personnel, Stone/Rock cut/Polish/Saw operator, Splitter, Cutter, Trimmer
- **Activity:** Handling coal, Rock, Ore
- **Injury source:** BROKEN ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
- **Nature of injury:** CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
- **Body part:** SHOULDERS (COLLARBONE/CLAVICLE/SCAPULA)
- **Days lost:** 2
- **Mine experience:** 3.98 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** William  Swift
- **Operator:** The N. C.  Granite Corp
- **Mine:** [3100037](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/3100037)
## Narrative

The employee was removing a piece of waste granite from a saw cart using a steel lifting cable. The employee put pressure on the waste piece with a pry bar to allow the lifting cable to go around the waste piece. As he applied pressure a piece of the waste slab broke off and fell striking the employee on the left shoulder causing an abrasion and laceration.

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