# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220222070028` · 07/21/2022 · New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co., Inc.
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Struck by falling object
- **Occupation:** Crusher attendant/operator, Pan feeder operator/worker
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **Injury source:** METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** ANKLE
- **Days lost:** 83
- **Mine experience:** 4 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** New Enterprise Stone & Lime Company Inc
- **Operator:** New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co., Inc.
- **Mine:** [3600066](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/3600066)
## Narrative

EE was working on blow bar on crusher. The employee pinned bar into rigging equipment lifted it and began to rotate bar before placing it into position.  The blow bar disengaged from the rigging equipment when the other employees were rotating the blow bar.  The blow bar bounced off the crusher and landed on the employee's foot causing an ankle fracture and lost time.

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