# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220240540010` · 02/02/2024 · Marfork Coal Company
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Struck by falling object
- **Occupation:** Master mechanic, Foreman, Supervisor
- **Activity:** Handling supplies or material
- **Injury source:** CEMENT PROD,CONCRET BLOCK
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** ANKLE
- **Days lost:** 167
- **Mine experience:** 0.04 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc
- **Operator:** Marfork Coal Company
- **Mine:** [4609212](https://api.morvs.ai/mine/4609212)
## Narrative

Employee was setting a beam while building an overcast. The beam fell and struck them in the left ankle. Injury was not the result of a training or compliance issue.

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