# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220170550011` · 02/20/2017 · Meridian Granite Company
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Struck by falling object
- **Occupation:** Utility man, Shift tech, Service/Dump truck operator
- **Activity:** Handling supplies or material
- **Injury source:** ELECTRICAL APPARATUS,NEC
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** MOUTH/LIP/TEETH/TONGUE/THROAT/TASTE
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 0.9 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Martin Marietta Materials Inc
- **Operator:** Meridian Granite Company
- **Mine:** [4800018](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4800018)
## Narrative

An employee was walking down a stair case and asked an employee on the catwalk above to hand them their radio. The employee on the catwalk attempted to lower the radio via the mic cord. The employee on the catwalk let go of the radio causing the mic cord to hang up on the hand rail. This caused the trajectory of the radio to alter and strike the employee in the mouth.

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