# EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS
> MSHA accident `220210080013` · 12/27/2020 · Ash Grove Cement Co
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS
- **Accident type:** Struck by flying object
- **Occupation:** Ledgeman/hand, Quarry man
- **Activity:** Blasting, Shoot coal
- **Injury source:** METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** LOWER LEG/TIBIA/FIBULA
- **Days lost:** 123
- **Mine experience:** 0.29 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** CRH PLC
- **Operator:** Ash Grove Cement Co
- **Mine:** [3502970](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/3502970)
## Narrative

A quarry employee was attempting to clear a plugged feeder using a controlled and planned detonation placed inside the hopper; although EE placed themselves in a protected location, a metal piece ricocheted off the tunnel wall, striking them in the lower right leg, causing a bone fracture. 

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