# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220241550014` · 05/22/2024 · Whitewater Building Materials Corp
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Struck by falling object
- **Occupation:** Haul/Off road/Coal/Ore/Pit/Quarry/Rock/Rubber tire truck driver, Transportation truck driver
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **Injury source:** METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- **Nature of injury:** CONTUSN,BRUISE,INTAC SKIN
- **Body part:** HAND (NOT WRIST OR FINGERS)
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 5.73 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Lois  Gardner; Arline M  Stewart
- **Operator:** Whitewater Building Materials Corp
- **Mine:** [0502357](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/0502357)
## Narrative

Employee was working under a haul truck. When they loosened the last bolt of the pan, the safety chain that holds the pan broke causing the pan to fall and smash the employee's hand between the ground and the pan. 

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