# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220132880032` · 09/23/2013 · St. Marys Cement
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Struck by falling object
- **Occupation:** Ledgeman/hand, Quarry man
- **Activity:** Handling supplies or material
- **Injury source:** POST,CAPS,HEADERS,TIMBER
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** FOREARM/ULNAR/RADIUS
- **Days lost:** 192
- **Mine experience:** 0.38 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** VOTORANTIM CIMENTOS
- **Operator:** St. Marys Cement
- **Mine:** [2002434](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/2002434)
## Narrative

EE, a Thermico, Inc. was working as a contractor at the St. Mary's Cement plant in Charlevoix, MI and the clamps holding a 4-ft bar broke loose and fell 40 feet striking the employee in the right upper arm. He sufferer a fracture of his right upper arm and was treated at the local hospital.

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