# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220252600003` · 09/09/2025 · Cantera Carmelo Inc
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Struck by falling object
- **Occupation:** Laborer, Blacksmith, Bull gang, Parts runner, Roustabout, Pick-up man, Pitman
- **Activity:** Handling supplies or material
- **Injury source:** METAL COVERS & GUARDS
- **Nature of injury:** UNCLASSIFIED,NOT DETERMED
- **Body part:** UPPER EXTREMITIES, MULTIPLE
- **Days lost:** 10
- **Mine experience:** 0.71 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Edgar  Figueroa; Melba  Figueroa
- **Operator:** Cantera Carmelo Inc
- **Mine:** [5400260](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/5400260)
## Narrative

The miner was performing routine housekeeping maintenance for a conveyor belt located inside a sloped steel tunnel. The miner lifted a piece of floor grating, tilting it to the side against tunnel wall and then shoveled material that was being accumulated underneath. The miner turned around briefly when the unsecured grating slid and impacted EE's left hand/wrist.

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