# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220231170004` · 04/10/2023 · American Gilsonite Company
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
- **Occupation:** Miner, NEC
- **Activity:** Caging, Operate elevator
- **Injury source:** POST,CAPS,HEADERS,TIMBER
- **Nature of injury:** UNCLASSIFIED,NOT DETERMED
- **Body part:** BACK (MUSCLES/SPINE/S-CORD/TAILBONE)
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 1.06 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** American Gilsonite Company
- **Operator:** American Gilsonite Company
- **Mine:** [4200854](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4200854)
## Narrative

Miners traveling down a shaft in a cage with timbers in it. Traveled to bottom working floor, checked mine phone and started traveling up to top working floor. Timber in cage tipped out catching a shaft timber and pushing timber in the cage against miners back. Miner had a check up on 4/25/2023 and was prescribed medication and prescription was filled.

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