# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220191720009` · 06/14/2019 · APAC-Central, Inc
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Struck by falling object
- **Occupation:** Miner, Prospector, NEC
- **Activity:** Handling supplies or material
- **Injury source:** KILN PROD,INC BLDUP,REMOV
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** LOWER LEG/TIBIA/FIBULA
- **Days lost:** 4
- **Mine experience:** 1.08 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** CRH PLC
- **Operator:** APAC-Central, Inc
- **Mine:** [3400050](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/3400050)
## Narrative

Employee wrongfully entered a permit required confined space by self to clean material that had accumulated inside the chute. A large chunk of fines broke free and struck the employee in the lower left leg causing fractures to both lower bones in the left leg.

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