# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220231000026` · 03/30/2023 · American Soda LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Struck by rolling or sliding object
- **Occupation:** Miner, NEC
- **Activity:** Handling supplies or material
- **Injury source:** BROKEN ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
- **Nature of injury:** CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
- **Body part:** FINGER(S)/THUMB
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 13 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Solvay S A
- **Operator:** American Soda LLC
- **Mine:** [4801295](https://api.morvs.ai/mine/4801295)
## Narrative

Attempting to line up the pan line, an employee stepped up on a relay bar and placed hand on top of the spill plate to get a better view. As EE was looking towards the headgate, a large rock slid down the pan line and slid across EE's left hand, pinching it between the rock and the spill plate causing a laceration.

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