# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220130380012` · 01/29/2013 · Lehigh Southwest Cement Co.
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Struck by... NEC
- **Occupation:** Haul/Off road/Coal/Ore/Pit/Quarry/Rock/Rubber tire truck driver, Transportation truck driver
- **Activity:** Handling supplies or material
- **Injury source:** METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- **Nature of injury:** UNCLASSIFIED,NOT DETERMED
- **Body part:** LEG, NEC
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 35.33 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Heidelberg Materials AG
- **Operator:** Lehigh Southwest Cement Co.
- **Mine:** [0400158](https://api.morvs.ai/mine/0400158)
## Narrative

Employee was carrying a driscoll pipe to install in a sump. The employee stated the ground was muddy, and as he was stepping onto a 2 step crossover, he felt himself slipping, and threw the pipe ahead of him onto the crossover. The pipe then bounced once it landed on the crossover, striking the employee in the shin.

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