# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220240730007` · 03/06/2024 · Bronco Utah Operations, LLC.
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Struck by falling object
- **Occupation:** Roof bolter, Rock bolter,  Pinner, Mobile roof support operator (MRS)
- **Activity:** Handling supplies or material
- **Injury source:** DRILL STEEL (ALL SIZES)
- **Nature of injury:** CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
- **Body part:** FACE, MULTIPLE PARTS
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 2 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Bronco Coal Resources, LLC
- **Operator:** Bronco Utah Operations, LLC.
- **Mine:** [4200079](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4200079)
## Narrative

An EE was injured when EE stepped off the Roof Bolter Operator Platform, with the platform raised about 2 feet off the mine floor. EE reached up to the bolt tray to retrieve the Drill-Steel and it slipped off the tray and struck EE in the face, causing a laceration to the left side of lip/cheek.  It required 2-stiches to close the laceration.

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