# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220130250018` · 01/22/2013 · Shale Support Holdings LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Struck by... NEC
- **Occupation:** Barge/Boat/Dredge/Towbarge/Towboat/Leach operator, Riverman, Deck hand
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **Injury source:** METAL COVERS & GUARDS
- **Nature of injury:** CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
- **Body part:** MOUTH/LIP/TEETH/TONGUE/THROAT/TASTE
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 5 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Michel B  Moreno
- **Operator:** Shale Support Holdings LLC
- **Mine:** [2200753](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/2200753)
## Narrative

The employee was engaging a clutch on the dredge and a bolt backed out of the Dodge coupling ripping the guard off. The guard struck the employee in the bottom lip causing a laceration. The cut required 5 stitches on the outside and 4 on the inside of his lip. A new guard was built that is larger eliminating the possibility of a bolt catching the guard.

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