# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220191540008` · 05/23/2019 · American Aggregates of Michigan Inc
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Fall onto or against objects
- **Occupation:** Front-end loader, Scraper-loader operator, Pan operator, Payloader, Scraper rig operator
- **Activity:** Handling supplies or material
- **Injury source:** METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- **Nature of injury:** CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
- **Body part:** HAND (NOT WRIST OR FINGERS)
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 7.12 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Edward C  Levy Jr
- **Operator:** American Aggregates of Michigan Inc
- **Mine:** [2002965](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/2002965)
## Narrative

Employee was rinsing the mud off of loader and was walking backwards pulling the water hose towards the back of the machine when they tripped over a wheel hub assembly that was on the ground. They reached backwards to brace themselves for the fall, and in doing so their hand contacted the top of the hub assembly causing a cut to the palm of the left hand.

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