# FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220161160003` · 04/14/2016 · St. Marys Cement U.S. LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Struck by falling object
- **Occupation:** Steel worker, Iron metal worker, Iron worker
- **Activity:** Grinding
- **Injury source:** METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** NECK
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 0.02 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** VOTORANTIM CIMENTOS
- **Operator:** St. Marys Cement U.S. LLC
- **Mine:** [2000038](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/2000038)
## Narrative

Dispatched tradesman from the Iron Workers Hall out of Detroit was working for Strand Constructors, Inc. at a field bench, grinding a steel pin when a piece of metal fell from overhead, striking the worker in the back , shoulder, neck region resulting in a stable fracture to the transverse process at C-4. Worker was evaluated and released from the hospital.

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