# MACHINERY
> MSHA accident `220261900037` · 07/01/2026 · Colors & Effects USA LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
- **Classification:** MACHINERY
- **Accident type:** Struck by flying object
- **Occupation:** Belt foreman, Maintenance foreman, Maintenance supervisor
- **Activity:** Hand tools (powered)
- **Injury source:** ABRAS STONE,WHEEL GRINDER
- **Nature of injury:** CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
- **Body part:** KNEE/PATELLA
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 8.42 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** DIC Corporation
- **Operator:** Colors & Effects USA LLC
- **Mine:** [0900241](https://api.morvs.ai/mine/0900241)
## Narrative

Employee was standing on a mezzanine wearing their harness to cut off a handrail.  While cutting the handrail, the abrasive cutting wheel got caught in a bind which caused it to break and throw pieces of the disk.  One of the pieces hit the employee in the knee causing a laceration.

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