# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220241560007` · 05/30/2024 · Kemmerer Operations, LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Struck by... NEC
- **Occupation:** Maintenance man, Mechanic,  Repair/Serviceman, Boilermaker, Fueler, Tire tech, Field service tech
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **Injury source:** METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
- **Nature of injury:** FRACTURE,CHIP
- **Body part:** MOUTH/LIP/TEETH/TONGUE/THROAT/TASTE
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 0.87 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Kemmerer Holdings LLC
- **Operator:** Kemmerer Operations, LLC
- **Mine:** [4800086](https://api.morvs.ai/mine/4800086)
## Narrative

While the Employee was hooking up a strap to lift a piece of the equipment while in the process the strap came loose and the hook on the strap struck the employee in the teeth causing one to split and chipping another.

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