# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220231580009` · 06/01/2023 · Anchorage Sand & Gravel Company Inc
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Fall from machine
- **Occupation:** Laborer, Blacksmith, Bull gang, Parts runner, Roustabout, Pick-up man, Pitman
- **Activity:** Barge, Boat, Dredge
- **Injury source:** CHAIN,ROPE,CABLE-NT CONVY
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** THIGH/FEMUR
- **Days lost:** 42
- **Mine experience:** 0.15 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Knife River Corporation
- **Operator:** Anchorage Sand & Gravel Company Inc
- **Mine:** [5000883](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/5000883)
## Narrative

Employee was cleaning the deck of the dredge off using a hose and was backing up while pulling the hose. They tripped over the anchor cable and their leg was momentarily caught beneath the cable during the fall causing a dislocation of the kneecap and fracture of the right femur lateral condyle.

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