# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220120200014` · 01/17/2012 · Ameron Hawaii
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Struck by falling object
- **Occupation:** Pumper
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **Injury source:** BROKEN ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
- **Nature of injury:** CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
- **Body part:** HEAD,NEC
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 1.56 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Ameron International Corp
- **Operator:** Ameron Hawaii
- **Mine:** [5100019](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/5100019)
## Narrative

At approximately 12:15 am while inside the bowl of crusher 2, employee was hand unloading the jammed crusher of loose rocks.  Several loose pieces of rock fell from an overhead chute onto employee.  The initial rock knocked employees hard hat off and other loose rocks fell and struck employee in the head and upper back.

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