# MACHINERY
> MSHA accident `220181550020` · 05/25/2018 · Area Aggregates LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
- **Classification:** MACHINERY
- **Accident type:** Struck by falling object
- **Occupation:** Groundman, Yardman
- **Activity:** Handling supplies or material
- **Injury source:** METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- **Nature of injury:** CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
- **Body part:** FOREARM/ULNAR/RADIUS
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 0.12 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Olen Corporation
- **Operator:** Area Aggregates LLC
- **Mine:** [3300134](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/3300134)
## Narrative

Employee was cleaning material from the second floor of the screen house.  A metal plate approx. 6""x 6"" had been pushed back and hidden on a ledge of the chute beside the employee but shifted due to the vibration of the plant.  The metal plate fell off the ledge, hitting employee's left forearm and resulting in a laceration with three stitches.

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