# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220202720004` · 09/22/2020 · Omya Inc
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Struck by falling object
- **Occupation:** Bulldozer operator, Universal operator, Heavy equipment operator, Operating engineer
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **Injury source:** STEEL RAIL (ALL KINDS)
- **Nature of injury:** UNCLASSIFIED,NOT DETERMED
- **Body part:** SHOULDERS (COLLARBONE/CLAVICLE/SCAPULA)
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 1.21 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Omya Industries Inc
- **Operator:** Omya Inc
- **Mine:** [4300351](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4300351)
## Narrative

An employee was hit on the back of EE's right shoulder by a guard beam for a rail loading dock. The injured employee was in a crouched position tending to a portable generator located adjacent to the beam, when another employee inadvertently dislodged the guard, causing the north side of it to fall -12 inches onto the employee below. 

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