# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220180850008` · 03/21/2018 · Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Struck by... NEC
- **Occupation:** Bulldozer operator, Universal operator, Heavy equipment operator, Operating engineer
- **Activity:** Getting on or off equipment
- **Injury source:** RBR,GLS,PLSTC,FIBRGLS,FAB
- **Nature of injury:** CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
- **Body part:** UPPER ARM/HUMERUS
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 0.5 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Vulcan Materials Company
- **Operator:** Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC
- **Mine:** [4000020](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4000020)
## Narrative

Employee removed plastic trim to try and fix an intermittently working windshield wiper on a dozer. In removing the plastic, a section broke off. Employee was going to set the piece outside of the dozer, and while exiting the machinery EE hit the dashboard with the trim and the sharp edge penetrated through EE's shirt and stuck EE in EE's right arm just below EE's bicep.

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