# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220260400033` · 01/28/2026 · Blue Mountain Minerals PR LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Fall to the walkway or working surface
- **Occupation:** Plumber, Pipefitter, Millwright
- **Activity:** Walking, Running
- **Injury source:** GROUND
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** FOREARM/ULNAR/RADIUS
- **Days lost:** —
- **Mine experience:** 2.42 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Portola Minerals Company
- **Operator:** Blue Mountain Minerals PR LLC
- **Mine:** [0400099](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/0400099)
## Narrative

Miner clocked in from lunch and was using their phone while walking. There was a wheel chock out in open space that led to them tripping and the miner fell. The fall then apparently caused a fracture to the proximal end of the radius bone in the left arm.

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