# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220141670046` · 06/09/2014 · Michigan Materials and Aggregates Company
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Struck by flying object
- **Occupation:** Front-end loader, Scraper-loader operator, Pan operator, Payloader, Scraper rig operator
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **Injury source:** COAL & PETROL PRODUCT,NEC
- **Nature of injury:** SCRATCH,ABRASION,SUPERFCL
- **Body part:** FACE,NEC
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 1 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** CRH PLC
- **Operator:** Michigan Materials and Aggregates Company
- **Mine:** [2003051](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/2003051)
## Narrative

During tear down operations of the portable crushing plant the employee was raising the jack stands on the jaw crusher. The middle jack stand was malfunctioning and would not rise up for transportation. While attempting to raise the leg by removing the directional valve on the hydraulic cylinder, hydraulic fluid sprayed out from the valve.

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