# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220211230003` · 04/29/2021 · Wedron Silica LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Struck by falling object
- **Occupation:** Utility man, Shift tech, Service/Dump truck operator
- **Activity:** Handling supplies or material
- **Injury source:** METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** TOE(S)/PHALANGES
- **Days lost:** 22
- **Mine experience:** 5.38 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Covia Holdings LLC
- **Operator:** Wedron Silica LLC
- **Mine:** [1101578](https://api.morvs.ai/mine/1101578)
## Narrative

While assisting with a pushout in our Rail Yard, the employee opened the knuckle to the railcar they were connecting to, the front of the knuckle fell off and struck EE's left foot. The knuckle was missing the connecting pin. EE reported the incident to EE's supervisor who took EE to the ER, they did an x-ray and it showed EE fractured EE's fourth toe. 

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