# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220183040027` · 10/25/2018 · Boxley Materials Company
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Struck by falling object
- **Occupation:** Warehouseman, Bagger, Palletizer/Stacker, Store keeper, Packager, Fabricator, Cleaning plant operator
- **Activity:** Handling coal, Rock, Ore
- **Injury source:** BROKEN ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
- **Nature of injury:** CONTUSN,BRUISE,INTAC SKIN
- **Body part:** KNEE/PATELLA
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 0.33 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Summit Materials LLC
- **Operator:** Boxley Materials Company
- **Mine:** [4400061](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4400061)
## Narrative

EE had pulled a piece of rock to the edge of the mechanical conveyor and then turned back to grab tools without communicating with the saw operator. The saw operator activated the conveyor and the rock fell off the edge onto the back of ee knee. This accident occurred in our roofing mill where employees work on the production line making slate roofing shingles. 

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