# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220120900027` · 03/29/2012 · Elk Run Coal Company, LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Struck by falling object
- **Occupation:** Discontinued 1/31/2014.  Several other codes cover Scoop Car Operator
- **Activity:** Handling timber
- **Injury source:** POST,CAPS,HEADERS,TIMBER
- **Nature of injury:** CONTUSN,BRUISE,INTAC SKIN
- **Body part:** FOOT(NOT ANKLE/TOE)/TARSUS/METATARSUS
- **Days lost:** 1
- **Mine experience:** 1.27 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.
- **Operator:** Elk Run Coal Company, LLC
- **Mine:** [4609163](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4609163)
## Narrative

Scoop operator was unloading timbers off a pallet approx. 5' off the ground when a timber fell off the pallet and landed on his right foot. Timbers were seven feet long and were in a scoop bucket. He is off work due to swelling of the foot.

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